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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    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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    If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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    Sound doesn't travel in space.
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