“The International Space Station is in a pool, not in space.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 1 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Images in this post show astronauts training underwater in a large swimming pool to simulate space conditions before a mission. The International Space Station is 250 miles from Earth.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 December 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C0UuqBmp7VP/
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