Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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