{"id":1117433,"date":"2021-12-14T10:14:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117433"},"modified":"2021-12-14T10:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:14:55","slug":"fact-check-no-buzz-aldrin-did-not-tweet-the-apollo-11-moon-landing-was-faked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-buzz-aldrin-did-not-tweet-the-apollo-11-moon-landing-was-faked\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Buzz Aldrin Did Not Tweet The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Faked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-buzz-aldrin-did-not-tweet-the-apollo-11-moon-landing-was-faked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/juggernic\/posts\/5208786862484289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a 2014 tweet by astronaut Buzz Aldrin confessing that NASA\u2019s Apollo 11 mission to the moon \u201cwas staged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Aldrin tweeting the statement. A representative for Aldrin also refuted the rumor, which seems to stem from a satirical article.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aldrin and late astronaut Neil Armstrong landed on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/apollo\/apollo11.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA<\/a>. Of the U.S.\u2019s 12 astronauts to walk on the moon, only Aldrin, Apollo 15\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/David-Scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Scott<\/a>, Apollo 16\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmspacemuseum.org\/inductee\/charles-m-duke-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Duke<\/a> and Apollo 17\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Harrison-Schmitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harrison Schmitt<\/a> remain alive today, the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/solarsystem.nasa.gov\/news\/890\/who-has-walked-on-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Facebook users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/juggernic\/posts\/5208786862484289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have been sharing<\/a> a supposed tweet dated to Nov. 6, 2014, at 12:07 that looks to have been retweeted 1,100 times. The tweet, purportedly sent by Aldrin, reads, \u201cIt\u2019s time I confess; The Apollo 11 missions, which landed man for the first time on the moon, was staged, none of it was real.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/04\/fact-check-neil-armstrongs-space-boots-not-match-footprint-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Do Neil Armstrong\u2019s Space Boots Not Match A Footprint He Left On The Moon?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no record of Aldrin tweeting the statement. An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=staged%20apollo%20(from%3ATheRealBuzz)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced search<\/a> of his verified Twitter account, @TheRealBuzz, did not yield any matching tweets. It also does not appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141111023229\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealBuzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20141111095457\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealBuzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">screen grabs<\/a> of his timeline from Nov. 11, 2014. On Nov. 6, 2014, Aldrin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealBuzz\/status\/530421159553417216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> about the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/308270\/Buzz_Aldrins_Space_Program_Manager\/https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/308270\/Buzz_Aldrins_Space_Program_Manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buzz Aldrin\u2019s Space Program Manager<\/a>\u201d video game.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/search?q=buzz+aldrin+moon+landing+fake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/search-results\/search?q=buzz%20aldrin%20moon%20landing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/search\/?q=buzz+aldrin+moon+landing#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=buzz%20aldrin%20moon%20landing&amp;gsc.page=1https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/search\/?q=buzz+aldrin+moon+landing#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=buzz%20aldrin%20moon%20landing&amp;gsc.page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlets<\/a> reporting Aldrin had sent a tweet about the Apollo 11 moon landing being fake. If he had said such a thing on Twitter and received 1,100 retweets, it almost certainly would have attracted media attention. Aldrin has talked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealBuzz\/status\/1207750660596420614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/moon-mars\/a28365132\/buzz-aldrin-remembers-moon-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9HvG6ZlpLrI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occasions<\/a> about his moonwalk occurring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Aldrin did not, would not, and never has made any such statement in this venue or any other,\u201d Bobby Charles, a media relations representative for his company <a href=\"https:\/\/buzzaldrin.com\/new-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aldrin Ventures<\/a>, told Check Your Fact via email. \u201cNor has any other astronaut who has served this nation, during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle, or recent era.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The story of Aldrin sending the fake tweet appeared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huzlers.com\/buzz-aldrin-admits-apollo-11-moon-landings-fake-simply-set-see-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">satirical article<\/a> published by the website Huzlers, the International Business Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.in\/hoax-alert-report-stating-buzz-aldrin-admits-apollo-11-moon-landings-were-fake-false-613304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> in November 2014. Huzlers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huzlers.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describes<\/a> itself as \u201ca satirical and fictional entertainment blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Apollo 11 moon landing has long been the subject of baseless conspiratorial claims that it was faked, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/apollo-11-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-endured-debunked\/story?id=64339363https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/apollo-11-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-endured-debunked\/story?id=64339363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a 2014 tweet by astronaut Buzz Aldrin confessing that NASA\u2019s Apollo 11 mission to the moon \u201cwas staged.\u201dVerdict: False There is no record &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1117433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}