A video shared on Facebook claims the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is purportedly planning to shoot three rockets at three moons on April 8, the day of the eclipse.

Verdict: False

The claim is false. A NASA spokesperson denied the claim’s validity in an email to Check Your Fact.

Fact Check:

The Tennessee Department of Transportation will use help trucks to monitor roadways during the April 8 eclipse, according to local outlet WKRN. In addition, the Tennessee Highway Patrol is urging drivers to “keep their eyes on the road” and not look up at the sky to watch the eclipse, the outlet reported.

In the Facebook video, which has garnered over 1,000 likes, an unidentified male claims NASA is purportedly planning to shoot three rockets at three moons on April 8, the day of the eclipse. “NASA Calls It ‘Serpent’s Deity,'” the video’s caption claims.

The claim is false, however. Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. Politifact debunked the claim in an April 4 article. Likewise, the claim is neither referenced on NASA’s website nor its verified social media accounts.

Additionally, Allard Beutel, a NASA spokesperson, denied the claim’s validity in an email to Check Your Fact.

“I think what this video is confusing about ‘three rockets’ is the sounding rockets NASA will be launching from our Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s east coast to study Earth’s upper atmosphere during the total solar eclipse,” Beutel explained.

According to a Mar. 25 post from NASA, the government agency will be launching three rockets, one 45 minutes before, one during, and one 45 minutes after the eclipse to “collect data on how the Sun’s sudden disappearance affects the ionosphere, creating disturbances that have the potential to interfere with our communications.” Beutel directed Check Your Fact to the post. (RELATED: Image Claims To Show New Drone From Lockheed Martin)

A total solar eclipse will occur on April 8, NBC News reported. Totality, or when the moon fully covers up the sun, is expected to last about four minutes and 28 seconds for some spots, the outlet indicated.

The last time a solar eclipse “passed the U.S.” was in 2017, according to The Washington Post.