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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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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