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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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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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