This Image Does Not Depict the Winner of the NASA Competition
The Claim
The picture depicts the Moroccan team winner of the NASA prize for global communication.
Emerging story
Several social media users have circulated a picture claiming it shows the Moroccan team winner of the NASA prize for global communication in 2021.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar has investigated the claim and found it misleading.
Using Google reverse search, our team found out that the picture is old.
The picture shows the Moroccan team during their participation in the "Race to Space" program organized by NASA in 2019. It also was uploaded to many websites in October 2019.
Photo description: The picture was taken in 2019 during the “Race To Space” program.
NASA has recently nominated the Moroccan team’s “Eagle AI” project among ten global winners of the agency’s International Space Apps Challenge.
The Moroccan team: Salaheddine Kaba, Aymane Abouliz, and Mouhcine Mitallan, as stated on the program’s website, starred in the program with their project aims to study the responsible factors for the movements of plastic debris to forecast the path of plastic pollution.
Photo description: The Moroccan team was nominated among 10 global winners.
