In an unexpected twist of events, NASA found itself at odds with reality TV star Kim Kardashian in a surprising dispute that has captured public attention.

The controversy began when Sean Duffy, NASA’s acting administrator, took to X to counter Kardashian’s assertion that the historic 1969 moon landing was staged. “Yes, we’ve been to the Moon before… six times!” Duffy asserted, directly addressing Kardashian in his post.

Adding another layer to the conversation, former President Donald Trump chimed in, crediting his “leadership” with NASA’s renewed efforts to return to the lunar surface.

Kardashian, 45, sparked this unusual debate during an episode of “The Kardashians” aired on Thursday night, where her comments were quickly met with widespread ridicule on social media for what many considered a “controversial take on history.”

Kim, 45, made the claim during Thursday night’s episode of The Kardashians and was relentlessly mocked on social media for her ‘controversial take on history.’

‘[It’s] hard to believe someone so famous doubts one of the most documented events in history,’ one X user wrote. 

Kim Kardashian is getting brutally roasted across social media for revealing that she believes the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing ‘was faked’ (seen earlier this month)

Another scoffed that the claim was particularly outrageous coming from a highly educated woman that just wrapped a law office study program after six years in May 2025. 

‘If you think the moon landing was faked, you’re a f*****g idiot,’ a third fired. 

Others accused her of sounding like her ex-husband, Kanye West, who has repeatedly and publicly spread unsubstantiated or debunked conspiracy theories.

Apollo 11, conducted by NASA, was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon.

Although millions of people gathered around their televisions to watch the event unfold, people have doubted the moon landing for a variety of reasons.

Kardashian revealed her thoughts about the 1969 moon landing on the October 30 episode of The Kardashians while on set with her All’s Fair co-star, Sarah Paulson, 50.  

‘I’m sending you, so far, a million articles with both Buzz Aldrin and … the other one,’ she told Paulson, who replied: ‘Yes, do it.’

‘This girl says, ‘What was the scariest moment?’ And [Aldrin] goes, ‘There was no scary moment, cause it didn’t happen. It could’ve been scary, but it wasn’t, cause it didn’t happen” Kardashian said.

The mother-of-four then alleged that Aldrin’s old age makes him blurt out comments like that, before ultimately ruling: ‘So I think it didn’t happen.’ 

Paulson told the SKIMS mogul that she was gearing up to go on a ‘massive deep dive’ after reading what Kardashian – who sends the actress ‘conspiracies all the time’ – had sent her.

Later in the episode, a producer approached Kim’s trailer and asked the star to confirm her belief that the astronauts did not walk on the moon.

‘I don’t think we did. I think it was fake,’ Kardashian insisted. ‘I’ve seen a few videos [of] Buzz Aldrin talking about how it didn’t happen. He says it all the time now in interviews.’

Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon, conducted by NASA from July 16 to 24, 1969

After confessing that she doesn’t think Buzz Aldrin and the late Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 mission happened, the reality star, 45, was called out for her ‘controversial take on history’ 

Explaining how she was convinced of the conspiracy theory, Kardashian added: ‘Why does Buzz Aldrin say it didn’t happen? 

‘There’s no gravity on the moon – why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon [have] a different [foot]print than the photos. Why are there no stars?’

A producer then asked the reality TV star how she defends herself from people who brand her ‘crazy.’

Kardashian acknowledged that people are going to say she’s ‘crazy no matter what.’

‘But like, go to TikTok. See for yourself,’ she urged viewers.

Kardashian revealed her thoughts about the 1969 moon landing on the October 30 episode of The Kardashians while on set with her All’s Fair co-star, Sarah Paulson, 50

Aldrin, now 95, has never denied the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He has spent decades fiercely defending its legacy – and mocking those who suggest it was a hoax.

In 2002, he famously punched a moon-landing denier in the face outside a hotel in Beverly Hills after being called ‘a coward, liar and thief’ and being pressed to swear on a Bible that he had walked on the moon. He was 72 at the time. 

Police declined to press charges.

He has also spoken publicly and often about the challenges of the mission, the scientific rigor behind it and the emotional toll it took on the astronauts and others involved.