Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    Astronauts get taller when they are in space.
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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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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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