NASA responds to outlandish conspiracy theory about the 1969 moon landing spread by Kim Kardashian

▲ The influencer during the premiere of the series All's Fair in Paris. Photo AFP

Brittany Miller

The Independent

La Jornada Newspaper, Friday, October 31, 2025, p. 6

NASA believes Kim Kardashian is barking at the moon.

After the 45-year-old Skims founder claimed on yesterday's episode of The Kardashians that the 1969 moon landing did not happen, the federal agency gave her a strong response with a brief message on social media.

“Yes, (Kim), we’ve been to the Moon before… six times!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote in X. He added that NASA’s Artemis mission plans to return to the Moon under Donald Trump’s leadership.

“We won the last space race and we will win this one too,” Duffy concluded.

Kardashian's theory—which has been repeatedly refuted—is that the Apollo 11 astronauts, including the late Neil Armstrong and 95-year-old Buzz Aldrin, never actually went to the moon: they launched into orbit and waited there while the world watched scenes that were actually filmed in a studio, before returning to be falsely hailed as heroes.

Kim Kardashian revealed her beliefs about the moon landing on The Kardashians (Disney).

The influencer 's opinion on the historical event came during a conversation with her co-star, Sarah Paulson, on the set of the legal drama All's Fair , which premieres on Hulu next week.

“So far I’ve sent you a million articles about both Buzz Aldrin and the other guy,” Kardashian said, apparently referring to Armstrong as she tried to convince Paulson of the theory.

"Yes, do it," Paulson replied as his co-star began reading articles with quotes from the two astronauts.

“This girl asks, ‘What was the scariest moment?’ And (Aldrin) replies, ‘There was no scary moment because it didn’t happen. It could have been scary, but it wasn’t because it didn’t happen.’”

Kardashian claimed that, due to Aldrin's age, his facade has cracked, leading him to inadvertently reveal the truth. "So I don't think it happened," she added.

Although Paulson was skeptical, she assured Kardashian that she would conduct a thorough analysis of the theory.

Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in the first moon landing in history in 1969.

A producer of the reality show later urged the celebrity to confirm her belief in the conspiracy theory.

“I don’t think we did it. I think it was fake,” he said, referring to the moon landing.

I've seen some videos of Buzz Aldrin saying it didn't happen. He repeats it constantly in interviews. Why does Buzz Aldrin say it didn't happen? There's no gravity on the Moon, so why is the flag waving? The boots they have in the museum, the ones they supposedly wore on the Moon, have a different footprint than the ones in the photos. Why aren't there any stars?