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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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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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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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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