"A NASA video has sparked a firestorm online, with conspiracy theorists claiming it 'proves' Artemis II is staged. 

The crew gave a live interview to CNN over the weekend to discuss their journey to the moon while a plush toy named 'Rise' floated around the capsule as a zero-gravity indicator. 

The video in question, filmed from a television screen by a smartphone, appeared to show unusual visual distortions with fragmented white text, including partial letters such as 'TAN' and 'OW,' flickering across the toy's head and body.

And some viewers quickly seized on it as supposed evidence of digital manipulation. 'It's fake. NASA has been misleading the American public since the '60s. Fake Apollo moon landing. Fake Artemis 2,' one user shared on X.

The viral clip, however, was not digitally altered but recorded from a television display with chromakey overlay processing active. Chromakey, commonly known as the blue- or green-screen effect, is routinely used by broadcasters to insert graphics, captions and lower-third text into live footage.

Live interviews routinely include graphic overlays added by the network, such as name banners, logos, and scrolling captions, which are digitally layered over the video in real time. 

During the NASA interview, CNN likely displayed standard on-screen graphics identifying the astronauts and the mission. 

When the viral clip was recorded from a television screen rather than taken from the original broadcast feed, the phone camera captured both the video and those graphics at slightly different refresh rates. 

That timing mismatch can cause fragments of on-screen text to briefly overlap with bright or moving objects, such as the colorful plush toy, creating the illusion that letters were appearing directly on it. "

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NASA video fuels theories it's 'faking' Artemis II with g...

A viral video of a live Artemis II video has sparked claims that NASA is using green screens to fake the moon mission.

"Artemis II, Hollywood And Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories

The Artemis II mission successfully launched this week, and its four astronauts are on their way to travel around the moon. While this mission will not feature a lunar landing, future Artemis missions will. I am already seeing wacky conspiracy theories surface that NASA never sent astronauts to the moon during the Apollo era. Yes, it's bizarre, but when you consider that there are people who believe Earth is flat or that we control hurricanes, nothing should surprise us at this point.

While many pieces of evidence shatter those conspiracy theories, one is particularly compelling but likely unknown to the public.

Why People Cling To Conspiracy Theories

As a weather and climate scientist, I am quite familiar with conspiracy theories. I consistently debunk claims about HAARP, cloud seeding, climate change and other things. People cling to conspiracy theories for various reasons including fear, science literacy deficiency, cognitive biases, personal challenges and the inability to identify bad information on the internet. They also exhibit belief bias, which means if something supports what a person already believes or wants to believe, they rationalize it at all costs."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2026/04/03/artemis-ii-hollywood-and-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories/

LOL, I can't believe they actually asked her about Gilgamesh

Im not surprised

Apparently hes meeting with aliens