Artemis II, NASA's first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years, has been pulled into a familiar online debate after a viral clip of a televised interview circulated on social media. Conspiracy theorists seized on a supposed 'green screen glitch' in the footage to claim the mission is fake.
The mission follows NASA's uncrewed Artemis I test flight and aims to send four astronauts around the moon before a planned crewed lunar landing later in the decade. The current crew, travelling in the Orion capsule, recently passed behind the far side of the moon, entering a 40‑minute communications blackout during which no signal reaches Earth. When Orion re‑emerged, astronaut Christina Koch's first words to mission control were broadcast worldwide: 'Houston, Integrity, comm check. It is so great to hear from Earth again.'
