Human Space Activities

Uranus isn’t just big, it’s absolutely massive, so massive that about 63 Earths could fit inside it.

Did you know that the James Webb Space Telescope needs to stay below −370 °F to function correctly?

Astronauts can see the sunrise and sunset sixteen times in 24 hours aboard the International Space Station.

There is a memorial on the moon that has names of astronauts & cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.

Aboard the Challenger in 1984, Kathryn Sullivan was the first ever American woman to do a spacewalk.

Albert II became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949, in a specially adapted US V2 rocket.

One of the main theories disputing the moon landing would be that the astronauts' foot prints on the moon are too clear.

A day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours, and a year on the planet equates to 84 years on Earth.

Did you know the Hubble Space Telescope weighs the same as 11 fully grown polar bears?

NASA has an office of Planetary Protection just in case we find life on another planet.

Did you know that there are over 13,000 satellites circling the Earth?

Scientists had previously speculated that the moon was totally dry, except for the chance of ice at the bottom of craters.

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