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“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The Space Foundation removed Yuri Gagarin’s name from an event after it received anti-Russian comments online. The group didn't revoke any formal honors from the cosmonaut or remove celebrations of him from the event.

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“According to a report by a NASA scientist, USA is going to create 6th and 7th generation supercomputers based on Sanskrit language by 2025 and 2034 respectively”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: There is no evidence to show that a report by a NASA scientist says that America is working on 6th and 7th generation supercomputers based on Sanskrit language. A 1985 paper published by Rick Briggs just says that Sansk…