Claim: A picture of an untethered astronaut floating in space is fake.
Fact-check: Photo of astronaut floating above Earth is real - Full Fact
Verdict: the photo is real and was taken by nasa crew during the first ever untethered space walk, carried out by astronaut bruce mccandless ii in 1984.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2022-06-23T00:00:00