Random Space Facts

Astronauts cannot burp in space.

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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.

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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.

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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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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.

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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.

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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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