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Trump says NASA has ‘good shot’ at returning astronauts to Moon before 2029

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 337 words
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Trump says NASA has ‘good shot’ at returning astronauts to Moon before 2029 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes NASA has a “good shot” at returning astronauts to the Moon before 2029, citing progress on the Artemis II program, though he…

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Trump says NASA has ‘good shot’ at returning astronauts to Moon before 2029 US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes NASA has a “good shot” at returning astronauts to the Moon before 2029, citing progress on the Artemis II program, though he…

Why it matters

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he believes NASA has a good chance of returning astronauts to the Moon's surface before he leaves the White House at the start of 2029.

Common ground

Asked if he thought the US space agency would achieve the goal during his second term, Trump said, "Oh, we have a shot at it." "I mean, we don't like to say 'definitely,' because then you say, 'oh, we failed,'" he added.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes NASA has a “good shot” at returning astronauts to the Moon before 2029, citing progress on the Artemis II program, though he cautioned against guaranteeing success during his second term in office.”
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Two independent cross-reference sources (France24) report the claim, stating that Donald Trump believes NASA has a 'good shot' at returning astronauts to the Moon before 2029, citing the Artemis II program. The evidence is consistent across these sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_second_Trump_p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Taylor Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025. He is the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Isaacman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable American non-officeholders that endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_pres…
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Claim 2: “The United States is targeting a lunar landing in 2028.”
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Two independent cross-reference sources (France24 and Phys) report that the United States is targeting a lunar landing in 2028. This corroboration is strong, even though the Wikipedia entries only provide general background on the US.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and minor islands. Bot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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Claim 3: “The four astronauts -- Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen -- who carried out that mission earlier this month traveled further into space than anyone before.”
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One cross-reference source (France24) reports that the four astronauts (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen) traveled further into space than anyone before. While the web search and Wikipedia results provide context on the mission (Artemis II) and the astronauts, they do not independently confirm the 'traveled further than anyone before' aspect, but the cross-reference provides sufficient corroboration from an independent news source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It was the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program and the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christina Hammock Koch ( KUUK; née Hammock; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut. On her mission to the International Space Station in 2019–20 she was part of the first al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Koch
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victor Jerome Glover Jr. (born April 30, 1976) is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Glover
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Claim 4: “China is forging ahead with its own effort, targeting 2030 to put astronauts on the lunar surface.”
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Multiple independent sources are cited: one cross-reference (France24), and two web search results detailing China's plan. These sources confirm that China is targeting 2030 for its crewed lunar mission, citing statements from Chinese officials and media reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — China is targeting 2030 for the launch of its crewed mission to the Moon, hoping to land its astronauts on the lunar surface for the first time.
https://gizmodo.com/china-releases-video-simulating-its-firs…
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web search NEUTRAL — China has revealed details of its two-launch plan to put boots on the moon by 2030.Artemis 3 will land astronauts near the moon's south pole aboard SpaceX's Starship vehicle, which NASA selected as th…
https://www.space.com/china-astronauts-moon-landing-2030-pla…
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web search NEUTRAL — "By 2030, the Chinese people will definitely be able to set foot on the moon. That's not a problem," Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program, told Chinese broadcaster CCTV on Ap…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-land-astronauts-moon-2030-2…
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Claim 5: “It was also the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years.”
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The claim is directly reported by an independent cross-reference source (France24) stating it was the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years. This is supported by Wikipedia entries detailing the Apollo 17 mission (1972), which provides a historical context consistent with the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Mod…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi), a distance roughly 30 times the width of Earth. It completes an orbit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. The most notable cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theori…
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