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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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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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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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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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