“NASA faked footage of astronauts on the International Space Station.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 17 Jun 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This is one in a series of false claims about the existence in space of the International Space Station, which has been crewed since its launch in 2020.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 June 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Ctjm_AhA1AX/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=5f0f5b6f-c1d8-4e2f…
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