32 People 13846 Fact-checks 5319 Articles People (32) Zack Space Other Space Choose: New Jersey Environment New Jersey New Century Times New York Post New Leadership PAC New Approach Oregon New Day for America New Georgia Encyclopedia New York Times One New Jersey New Republican PAC Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey AFL-CIO of New Jersey New Bedford Republican Committee New Jersey Tea Party New York Citizens Audit New Boston Republican Committee New Hampshire Democratic Party Fact-checks (13846) Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023 David Brooks stated on December 09, 2011 in a column in the New York Times: Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability. By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011 Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.: "The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..." By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011 Rush Limbaugh stated on March 06, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show': President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department." By Katie Sanders• March 12, 2014 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.: "If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space." By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010 Viral image stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: NASA is “just a film studio, and all they do are movies.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses” By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022 Bill Nelson stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate: Says Connie Mack was "the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA." By Brittany Alana Davis• November 1, 2012 John Charles stated on September 21, 2012 in an online post: "There is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers." By Janie Har• November 16, 2012 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel: There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real. By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024 Americans for Job Security stated on September 23, 2010 in a campaign ad: Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 27, 2010 Marco Rubio stated on July 07, 2011 in an interview with CBS: "From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station" By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2011 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Martha McSally stated on October 06, 2020 in a debate: Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.” By Miriam Valverde• October 23, 2020 John McCain stated on January 27, 2016 in a committee hearing: "Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground." By Anthony Cave• January 30, 2016 Matt Adamczyk stated on December 15, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's state court agency "basically" has rented the same office space across from the Capitol "since 1974." By Tom Kertscher• December 22, 2017 Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in an Instagram post: No NASA Challenger rocket blew up with people on it. By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 30, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone." By W. Gardner Selby• June 6, 2013 Kathleen Ford stated on August 06, 2013 in a mayoral debate: "There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens." By Katie Sanders• August 8, 2013 Michael Sullivan stated on July 19, 2010 in a Twitter post: Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach. By W. Gardner Selby• August 1, 2010 Articles (5319) Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like? By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Obama's budget reshapes the U.S. space agenda By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2010 PolitiFact’s Top 5 for April 2015 By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• April 30, 2015 In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters By Jon Greenberg• April 28, 2015 Francis says Raleigh rebuilding City Hall because mayor wants 'nicer office.' That's misleading By Paul Specht• November 7, 2017 What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025 Ted Cruz, new author, calls PolitiFact noxious yellow journalism By W. Gardner Selby• June 30, 2015 No football, killer seat belts By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2011 Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19 By Jon Greenberg, Emily Venezky• July 10, 2020 Fact-checking Arizona’s 2020 Senate race between McSally and Kelly By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2020 The uninvited guest: How to keep the coronavirus out of Thanksgiving By Bill McCarthy• November 17, 2020 Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 Attack-O-Rama! By Bill Adair• October 2, 2010 Coming soon: Truth-O-Mail! By Bill Adair• October 30, 2007 Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2012
Zack Space Other Space Choose: New Jersey Environment New Jersey New Century Times New York Post New Leadership PAC New Approach Oregon New Day for America New Georgia Encyclopedia New York Times One New Jersey New Republican PAC Americans for Prosperity: New Jersey AFL-CIO of New Jersey New Bedford Republican Committee New Jersey Tea Party New York Citizens Audit New Boston Republican Committee New Hampshire Democratic Party
Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2023 in an Instagram post: “‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.” By Sara Swann• February 7, 2023 David Brooks stated on December 09, 2011 in a column in the New York Times: Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability. By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011 Bill Posey stated on February 14, 2011 in a press release responding to Obama's budget proposal.: "The president promised to close the space gap, but he now seems intent on repeating the events that created the space gap in the first place -- putting in place a new rocket design and then trying to underfund the effort..." By Laura Figueroa• February 23, 2011 Rush Limbaugh stated on March 06, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show': President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department." By Katie Sanders• March 12, 2014 Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on April 03, 2010 in a press release.: "If the space-shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations ...with the capability to launch humans into space." By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2010 Viral image stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: NASA is “just a film studio, and all they do are movies.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Claims the James Webb Space Telescope is “fakery they got for the masses” By Andy Nguyen• July 18, 2022 Bill Nelson stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate: Says Connie Mack was "the only member of the Florida delegation that voted against a bill to help NASA." By Brittany Alana Davis• November 1, 2012 John Charles stated on September 21, 2012 in an online post: "There is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers." By Janie Har• November 16, 2012 Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2024 in a Facebook reel: There are no real pictures of satellites on Google Images because outer space is not real. By Sofia Ahmed• April 18, 2024 Americans for Job Security stated on September 23, 2010 in a campaign ad: Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs." By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 27, 2010 Marco Rubio stated on July 07, 2011 in an interview with CBS: "From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station" By Amy Sherman• July 13, 2011 Viral image stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post: NASA photos of the moon and Earth show that “space is fake.” By Grace Abels• July 28, 2022 Martha McSally stated on October 06, 2020 in a debate: Says Mark Kelly took to space a “Chinese communist banner.” By Miriam Valverde• October 23, 2020 John McCain stated on January 27, 2016 in a committee hearing: "Today Russia holds many of our most precious national security satellites at risk before they ever get off the ground." By Anthony Cave• January 30, 2016 Matt Adamczyk stated on December 15, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's state court agency "basically" has rented the same office space across from the Capitol "since 1974." By Tom Kertscher• December 22, 2017 Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in an Instagram post: No NASA Challenger rocket blew up with people on it. By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 30, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on May 11, 2013 in the commencement address at Hillsdale College: Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone." By W. Gardner Selby• June 6, 2013 Kathleen Ford stated on August 06, 2013 in a mayoral debate: "There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens." By Katie Sanders• August 8, 2013 Michael Sullivan stated on July 19, 2010 in a Twitter post: Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach. By W. Gardner Selby• August 1, 2010
Trump directed the Pentagon to create a Space Force. What would it look like? By Manuela Tobias• August 13, 2018 Space litter is a huge risk to satellites, and there's no way yet to clean it up By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2019 Space policy keeps rocketing to prominence By Louis Jacobson• August 2, 2010 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Iranian missiles and the eastern U.S.: How big a threat? By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2015 Obama's budget reshapes the U.S. space agenda By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2010 PolitiFact’s Top 5 for April 2015 By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders• April 30, 2015 In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters By Jon Greenberg• April 28, 2015 Francis says Raleigh rebuilding City Hall because mayor wants 'nicer office.' That's misleading By Paul Specht• November 7, 2017 What has Donald Trump done toward his mass deportation promise? By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 4, 2025 Ted Cruz, new author, calls PolitiFact noxious yellow journalism By W. Gardner Selby• June 30, 2015 No football, killer seat belts By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2011 Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19 By Jon Greenberg, Emily Venezky• July 10, 2020 Fact-checking Arizona’s 2020 Senate race between McSally and Kelly By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2020 The uninvited guest: How to keep the coronavirus out of Thanksgiving By Bill McCarthy• November 17, 2020 Fifty years after Apollo 11, moon landing hoaxes still thrive online By Daniel Funke• July 18, 2019 Fact-checking Michael Bennet’s speech about the government shutdown By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 25, 2019 Attack-O-Rama! By Bill Adair• October 2, 2010 Coming soon: Truth-O-Mail! By Bill Adair• October 30, 2007 Bidding farewell to Newt: our five favorite fact-checks By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2012
