Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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 earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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