A video is being widely shared online in which an object seems to be colliding with a space station. The video is shared with a caption claiming that it is of the International Space Station, where in an India satellite collided with the space station, killing an astronaut named Michael Collins.
The video is shared with a caption that read, “اصطدام قمر صناعي هندي بمحطة الفضاء الدولية أثناء صيانتها مما أدى لخسائر مادية كبيرة ووفاة رائد الفضاء الأمريكي مايكل كولينز حيث قُذِف في الفضاء الفسيح ولم يتم العثور على جثته حتى الآن. التصوير في الفضاء واضح” (English translation, “An Indian satellite collided with the International Space Station during its maintenance, which led to great material losses and the death of American astronaut Michael Collins.”)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be fake.
We searched with keywords and found no media report that suggested any collision of an Indian satellite with the International Space Station.
Also, on searching for the keyword, “Michael Collins death”, we found a report by NPR published on April 28, 2021. According to the report, he died battling cancer and not by any collision at the International Space Station.
Also, on doing a Yandex Reverse Image Search, we found that the same video was uploaded by Instagram page aleksey__n on July 27, 2021. The caption associated with the video mentioned ‘animation’.
In the bio, the Instagram user identified himself as Aleksey Patrev, a CGI artist and had also uploaded various similar videos in the past.
Thus, we can ascertain that the viral video is an animated video and does not show any collision at the International Space Station.
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