According to the US magazine "People" website on October 30, in response to American reality TV star Kim Kardashian's questioning of the moon landing, NASA quickly issued a public response, emphasizing that the Apollo moon landing mission in 1969 "did happen," and also stated that American astronauts have landed on the moon six times.

The report said that in the latest episode of the reality show "The Kardashians" aired that day, Kim Kardashian expressed her doubts about the authenticity of the US moon landing when talking to actress Sarah Paulson. Kardashian said, "I've sent you so many articles - interviews - with Buzz Aldrin, and also... another person." She referred to the late American astronaut Armstrong. She said she had recently read some interviews and articles, and thought that astronaut Aldrin "is old and starts to speak unclearly."

Subsequently, Kardashian read out a text from her phone, mentioning that someone once asked Aldrin, "What was the scariest moment?" Aldrin answered, "There was no scary moment because it never happened. It might have been scary, but it wasn't, because it never happened."

Kardashian said this interview made her start to doubt whether the Apollo 11 moon landing actually happened. She also said in the show, "I think we didn't (land on the moon). I think it's fake... whatever they will say I'm crazy, but look at the videos online, see for yourself." According to a previous Reuters report, Aldrin has discussed the situation when television stations live-streamed the moon landing in some interview programs, but has not denied the authenticity of the Apollo moon landing.

On October 30 local time, several hours after the latest episode of "The Kardashians" was broadcast, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy posted a clip from the program on the social media platform X and responded, saying, "Yes, Kim Kardashian, we did go to the moon before - six times!" Duffy also claimed, "NASA's Artemis program will return to the moon under the president's leadership. We won the last space race, and we will win this one as well."

The US magazine "People" reported that as of the time of the report, Kardashian's side had not yet made further comments on NASA's response.

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Kong Erjun

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