Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    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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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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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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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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