Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    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 moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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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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