15 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SPACE

Did you Know ?

1. The first American in space was Alan B. Shepard Jr.


2. Mars is populated entirely by robots. seven to be precise. 


3. There are currently 166 moons in our solar system.


4. Most scientists say life's basic chemicals formed on the earth. The astronomer Fred Hoyle said they came from space.


5. A day in mercury lasts approximately as Long as 59 days on earth.


6. On the moon's surface there are large dark patches calls seas- because this is what people once believed they were. 


7. On the average it takes the lights only 1.3 seconds to travels from the moon to the earth. 


8. Astronauts learn Scuba driving which helps them to deal with space walks. 


9. Bing Bang suggest our universe may be just one of countless bubbles of space time. 


10. Earth's atmosphere was formed from gas pouring out from volcanoes. 


11. Neptune takes 164.79 years(60,190 days) to make one orbit of the sun.


12. Over 100,000 people have applied for a one way trip to colonize mars in 2022.


13. Your weight in mars is over 60% less than on the earth.


14. The sun makes a full rotation once every 25-35 days.


15. When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon for the first time, he said these famous words: "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind".