Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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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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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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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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