Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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    The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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