Space Facts

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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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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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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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    Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
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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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