Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was Moon.
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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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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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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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If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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