As NASA delays its moon landing yet AGAIN, conspiracy theories are reignited online - as one sceptic questions 'what is NASA hiding and why?'
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NASA has delayed its Artemis moon landing yet again - reigniting hundreds of conspiracy theories across social media. The US space agency blamed 'technical issues' for pushing back its planned return to the moon in 2026 until at least mid-2027. Sceptics, moon landing deniers, and flat Earthers rushed to social media to claim that NASA couldn't return to the moon since it never went there in the first place.
![[As NASA revealed that the Artemis III would not attempt a moon landing until mid-2027, conspiracy theorists took to X to share their views]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/10/92865499-14164665-As_NASA_revealed_that_the_Artemis_III_would_not_attempt_a_moon_l-m-56_1733482620240.jpg)
Some asked why the US was now having such a hard time reaching our lunar satellite when this was possible multiple times in the 1960s. Others even suggested that NASA was simply preparing to fake the Artemis mission as well. On X, (formerly Twitter), one commenter questioned: 'What is NASA hiding and why?'.
![[Reacting to news of the delays, some X commenters claimed that NASA had faked the moon landings as part of a corrupt scheme to defraud American taxpayers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/10/92865483-14164665-Reacting_to_news_of_the_delays_some_X_commenters_claimed_that_NA-a-2_1733481496796.jpg)
Another added: 'All these delays lead to conclusions that moon landings by humans were an elaborate prank by both US and Russia.'. And one simply wrote: 'NASA has never been on the moon.'. Although it is regarded as one of humanity's greatest achievements, a delay to NASA's Artemis program has triggered a surge in conspiracy theories denying the existence of the moon landings. Pictured: Buzz Aldrin stands on the lunar surface in 1969.
![[One commenter wrote that the delays 'lead to conclusions' that the moon landings were an 'elaborate prank']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/10/92865487-14164665-One_commenter_wrote_that_the_delays_lead_to_conclusions_that_the-a-3_1733481501503.jpg)
As NASA revealed that the Artemis III would not attempt a moon landing until mid-2027, conspiracy theorists took to X to share their views. Yesterday, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced that the Artemis moon missions would be delayed due to safety concerns about the re-entry vehicle.
![[One commenter claimed that NASA could not return to the moon since they had never been]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/06/10/92865491-14164665-One_commenter_claimed_that_NASA_could_not_return_to_the_moon_sin-m-6_1733481512928.jpg)
