Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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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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    The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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