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Flat Earthers left 'in shambles' after astronauts share new footage of our planet

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Published 11:18 5 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Flat Earthers left 'in shambles' after astronauts share new footage of our planet

Alas, some Flat Earthers apparently have the answers to everything...

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Flat Earthers are battling on despite SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts sharing footage showing just how round the planet actually is.

On April 1 at around 9:46pm, a Falcon 9 rocket - with a SpaceX Dragon on top - successfully launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

During the SpaceX Fram2 mission, the team passed over Earth's North and South poles multiple times each day.

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And in a post to Twitter, SpaceX shared the 'first views of Earth's polar regions from Dragon' and its astronauts have since released other footage including a 'timelapse from Antarctica to the Arctic' alongside a video 'flying over [the] launch site,' all illustrating how 'breathtaking' but also how round the Earth truly is, prompting many to poke fun at Flat Earthers.

It hasn't taken long for social media users to flock to the videos in glee to call out Flat Earthers - who believe the Earth's shape is actually a plane or disk opposed to an oblate spheroid - a.k.a. round.

One wrote: "Bad day for flat Earthers."

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"How amazing does that look. I suppose it throws the 'flat earth theory' completely out the door," another added, as a third quipped: "Splain this @FlatEarthZone,"

"Holy curvature!!! Amazing sharp quality SpaceX!!! Keep it up!! I love this!! Fantastic job as always! The flat earthers career is literally over! LEns tHE fISh LeNs…." a fourth wrote.

And a fifth questioned: "Where are the flat earthers? Are they like really mad right now? This footage is really beautiful.

Alas, the Flat Earthers are still about and kicking, some not ready to admit defeat anytime soon, taking to the comments arguing why the video isn't actually proof their theory is wrong.

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Some Flat Earthers still aren't having it, though... (Twitter/@SpaceX)
Some Flat Earthers still aren't having it, though... (Twitter/@SpaceX)

One wrote: "Looks so deep fake."

"In shambles my a**!! Complete the circle, are we in another ice age lmao, why is half the Earth covered in ice. Stop using curved lenses!!" Another argued.

A third wrote: "It's too easy to edit this sort of footage," while a fourth said: "We've seen CGI before. Not impressed."

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SpaceX's Fram2 mission has since touched back down to Earth, with SpaceX stating in a post to Twitter: "All four framonauts have safely exited Dragon unassisted."

One user suggested in response to Flat Earthers' comments on Fram2 footage: "When will SpaceX have special missions to fly flat earthers to space to finally shut them up?"

So, how about it Elon?

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Images

Topics: World News, Science, Space

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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