Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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