{"id":61514,"date":"2025-10-31T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/nasa-chief-rebuts-kim-kardashians-moon-landing-denial"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:18:41","slug":"nasa-chief-rebuts-kim-kardashians-moon-landing-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/nasa-chief-rebuts-kim-kardashians-moon-landing-denial","title":{"rendered":"NASA Chief Rebuts Kim Kardashian&#8217;s Moon Landing Denial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Acting NASA Administrator and US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday rejected reality TV star Kim Kardashian\u2019s claim that American astronauts never landed on the Moon, saying the US has done so six times.<\/p>\n<p>Kardashian, in a recent episode of The Kardashians, questioned the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, saying, \u201cThey\u2019re gonna say I\u2019m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. 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