Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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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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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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    The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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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 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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