Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    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.
    12
    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
    48
    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
    216
    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
    232
    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.
    13
    Pluto is smaller than Russia.
    9
    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
    131
    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
    147