Space Facts

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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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