{"id":2128254,"date":"2025-11-01T03:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2128254"},"modified":"2025-11-01T03:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:04:51","slug":"nasa-reacts-to-kim-kardashians-moon-landing-conspiracy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nasa-reacts-to-kim-kardashians-moon-landing-conspiracy-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA reacts to Kim Kardashian\u2019s moon landing conspiracy theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6KNWV7VCURB5HBH77XPF6FT3QE\">The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants Kim Kardashian to reconsider her moon landing conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FPKKGMM35NDO3K265JSSVLFOJI\">NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy took to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimKardashian\/status\/1983981651479949581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimKardashian\/status\/1983981651479949581\">X<\/a> on Thursday, Oct. 30, to shut down Kardashian\u2019s belief that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was fake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"C26HHJTZPJHS3PBQD7VG5L5CGE\">\u201cYes, @KimKardashian, we\u2019ve been to the Moon before \u2026 6 times!\u201d Duffy wrote. \u201cAnd even better: @NASAArtemis is going back under the leadership of @POTUS. We won the last space race and we will win this one too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ESTTQQQY5FA2TM4JXFIADZ4F4A\">Kardashian, 45, seemed excited to have made contact with Duffy, taking the exchange as an opportunity to ask about the 3I\/ATLAS comet, the third interstellar object confirmed passing through our Solar System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q3WCKVPIFFDANM52KN2XJJOVXY\">\u201cWait\u2026. what\u2019s the tea on 3I Atlas?!?!!!!!!!?????\u201d Kardashian tweeted at Duffy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EJYI27ZUYBEPPF4VKQI26WZ32I\">Duffy\u2019s tweet comes after Kardashian said she believes the moon landing \u201cdidn\u2019t happen\u201d during Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201dThe Kardashians.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Y2TKGE5YC5B7JE7W3QOLTJG5HU\">The Skims cofounder then proceeded to share her hot take with her \u201cAll\u2019s Fair\u201d costar Sarah Paulson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K3WUXKXRUNADPHLFTWJ5J24EJU\">\u201cI\u2019m sending you, like, so far, a million interviews with both Buzz Aldrin and the other one,\u201d Kardashian said, referring to late astronaut Neil Armstrong. Kardashian claimed that as Aldrin, 95, has gotten older, he\u2019s said some things that suggest he didn\u2019t really walk on the moon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CQKRNENURNAOBEOQGLVIVGJGA4\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2025\/10\/americas-next-top-model-star-is-still-partially-bald-from-tyra-banks-makeover-decades-later.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/entertainment\/2025\/10\/americas-next-top-model-star-is-still-partially-bald-from-tyra-banks-makeover-decades-later.html\"><b>\u2018America\u2019s Next Top Model\u2019 star is still \u2018partially bald\u2019 from Tyra Banks makeover decades later<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"N76R6P7TGVCSZKKKYRNMMOUOXU\">Paulson responded that she\u2019d do \u201ca serious deep dive\u201d and form her own opinions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DBQ5CBZ7TVFBFBKGCGS3TCLY5I\">Later in the episode, Kardashian laid out more of her questions regarding footage of the 1969 moon landing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LLLEPCFJD5G5JGLB2TKKXQE4CE\">\u201cThere\u2019s no gravity on the moon, why is the flag blowing? \u2026 Why are there no stars?\u201d she asked. \u201cGo to TikTok, see for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3HFFXJE4SVG7FKMQHKYMYFIYZI\">A <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/z3x6b7h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/z3x6b7h\">BBC<\/a> article about moon landing conspiracy theories points out that when Armstrong and Aldrin placed the American flag on the moon, their movements caused the flag to ripple. After they stepped away, the flag remained in the same position, making it look like it was actively rippling in photos. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EFBIWNK5SJF75FQIGYYOAEGI4Q\">As for the lack of stars, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explained on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/9beMUzLNrDk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/9beMUzLNrDk\">\u201cStarTalk\u201d podcast<\/a> that because \u201cthe terrain [on the moon] is so bright from the sun, the aperture of the camera closes down and cannot register the light of the dim things, such as the stars in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EAUWY4Q5BJAF7JB5AG3RBYSBAY\"><i><b>\u201cThe Kardashians\u201d is <\/b><\/i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587338&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=sara-donnellan%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fseries%2Fthe-kardashians-7840bf30-f440-48d4-bf81-55d8cb24457a&amp;product_category=Electronics%3EVideo%3EVideo+Players+%26+Recorders%3EStreaming+%26+Home+Media+Players\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/the-kardashians-7840bf30-f440-48d4-bf81-55d8cb24457a\"><i><b>available to stream on Hulu<\/b><\/i><\/a><i><b>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_nj__RFbQx\" data-gaid=\"\u00abR3e5b8m\u00bb\"\/><\/div>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.<span> By using this site, you consent to our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nj.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants Kim Kardashian to reconsider her moon landing conspiracy theories. NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy took to X on Thursday, Oct. 30, to shut down Kardashian\u2019s belief that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was fake. \u201cYes, @KimKardashian, we\u2019ve been to the Moon before \u2026 6 times!\u201d Duffy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2128254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2128254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128255,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128254\/revisions\/2128255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2128254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2128254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2128254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}