Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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    Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    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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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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