In early March 2020, Snopes readers asked us to verify a photograph that appeared to show U.S. Vice President Mike Pence touching a piece of space equipment that bore a "DO NOT TOUCH" sign.

Pop quiz! If a sign says "DO NOT TOUCH," what does that mean? No, it's ok, just shout it out if you know it. Anyone? Right! It means you don't touch the thing the sign in taped to. Granted ...

Pence caused a mini-sensation when photographers captured him touching a piece of equipment that was clearly marked with a “DO NOT TOUCH” sign during his tour of NASA’s Kennedy Space Flight ...

NASA confirmed this wasn’t dangerous or inappropriate. VERDICT True: Mike Pence did touch the NASA hardware with the "do not touch" sign on it, though this was not dangerous in any way ...