Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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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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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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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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    An organisation called Mars One is planning to establish a permanent colony of humans on Mars by 2023.
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    The light hitting the earth right now is 30 thousand years old.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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