Houston, the cockroach has landed!
One of the things that Apollo mission did was deposit a cockroach on the
moon. During their outward flight, the astronauts noticed a cockroach in
their spaceship, but when they returned, the craft was thoroughly
inspected by NASA technicians and no trace of it was found. The only
conclusion is that it crept out and was left behind.
Bringing home the moon
A total of 382 kg of rock samples were returned to the Earth by the
Apollo and Luna programs.
Mice in Space.
The first living creatures that the United States ever sent into space
were two mice, named Benjy and Laska, in 1958. The first animal to go
into space was a dog, sent up by the Russians.
What's for Breakfast?
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
Now that's what I call rocket fuel!
The liquid hydrogen in the Space Shuttle main engine is -423 degrees
Fahrenheit (-253 degrees Centigrade), the second coldest liquid on
Earth, and when burned with liquid oxygen, the temperature in the
engine's combustion chamber reaches +6,000 degrees F. (+3,316 degrees
C.)
Go easy on the gas there Mister.
Each of the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters burns 5 tons of
propellant per second.
Stuff Bill Hayley wouldn't tell you.
Comets' tails point away from the Sun at all times. Thus, when a comet
is moving away from the Sun, its tail is actually leading. Comet tails
are caused by dust and gas being lost from the comet and then pushed
away from the Sun by the solar wind (charged particles moving out from
the Sun) and by radiation pressure from the Sun.
Armageddon
An Armageddon meteor came within 280,000 miles of the Earth on May 21,
1996. This could have been devastating to life on Earth. Fortunately for
us, and Bruce Willis, it missed!
And here is the weather!
Even before the Sun turns into a red giant its increased output will fry
the Earth, and by the time it turns into a red giant the Earth will be a
parched ball of bleached rock.
Don't Panic!
The Sun has enough energy to burn yet another 5 billion years.
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