Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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    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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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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