Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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