Fact Check Analysis:

• The claim misquotes Reid Wiseman by truncating his statement and removing crucial context. According to LADbible and IFLScience, Wiseman's full quote was: "This is the first time we are going to send humans to the Moon and [have] humans in low Earth orbit. That is awesome"¹².
• Wiseman was referring to the unprecedented situation of having humans simultaneously at the Moon AND in low Earth orbit (on the ISS), not claiming this was the first time humans were going to the Moon ever.
• The Apollo program successfully sent humans to the Moon six times between 1969 and 1972, with Apollo 11 being the first landing in July 1969³.
• Artemis II, which launched on April 1, 2026, is the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years (since Apollo 17 in 1972), but it is not the "FIRST TIME" humans have been to the Moon⁴⁵.
• The truncated quote completely changes the meaning of Wiseman's statement from referring to simultaneous human presence in two locations to falsely suggesting he claimed this was humanity's first lunar mission.

Overall validity: 15%

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