Claim ignores evidence that astronauts train both underwater and in vacuums. They train in vacuum chambers to understand pressure changes in outer space, and in swimming pools to experience a microgravity environment.
is a collage of three stacked photos showing a digital rendering of space, a NASA vacuum chamber and an astronaut submerged in water.
"If outer space was a vacuum, astronauts would train in vacuum chambers, not in swimming pools," reads text overlaid on the post, which is accompanied by the caption"Outer Space is a hoax." The post was flagged as part of Instagram’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Implying that vacuum chambers aren’t used in specialized training for astronauts is both misleading and false. Astronauts train inside vacuum chambers as well as underwater in swimming pools, according to NASA.
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