In the episode, Kardashian told actress Sarah Paulson that she believed the Moon landing “didn’t happen,” citing videos she claimed showed astronaut Buzz Aldrin denying the mission. “I think it was fake. I’ve seen videos of Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn’t happen,” she said, adding that she often finds herself drawn to “conspiracy theories.”
NASA swiftly responded through its acting administrator, Sean Duffy, who addressed Kardashian directly on X (formerly Twitter). “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before… six times!” Duffy wrote, tagging the celebrity and reiterating the agency’s position.
He also used the opportunity to highlight NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface in the coming years. “We won the last space race, and we will win this one too,” he added, referencing the renewed push for Moon exploration under President Donald Trump’s administration.
In a follow-up exchange, Kardashian asked Duffy about the newly observed interstellar object 3I/Atlas, believed to be one of the oldest comets ever recorded. The NASA official responded by inviting her to visit the Kennedy Space Center for the next Artemis launch.
Scientists have repeatedly debunked Moon landing conspiracy theories for more than five decades. The Institute of Physics has stated unequivocally that “every single argument claiming NASA faked the Moon landings has been discredited.”
The Apollo 11 mission, which carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface in July 1969, remains one of humanity’s most significant scientific and technological achievements — one that NASA continues to defend vigorously against misinformation.