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SPACE FACTS
The word “astronaut” means “star sailor” in its origins.
It is derived from the Greek words “astron”, meaning “star”, and “nautes”, which means “sailor”.
So, the word astronaut literally means “star sailor”.
SPACE FACTS
“NASA” stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
It is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government and was established in 1958.
NASA discovers new facts about space every day, check out these NASA facts if you want to learn more!
SPACE FACTS
Gennady Padalka has spent more time in space than anyone else.
He is an RKA cosmonaut and has spent 879 days in space
He has worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.
SPACE FACTS
Mercury has no atmosphere, which means there is no wind or weather.
Instead of an atmosphere, Mercury possesses a thin exosphere made up of atoms blasted off the surface by the solar wind and striking meteoroids.
SPACE FACTS
In China, the Milky Way is known as the “Silver River”.
In Japan and Korea “Silver River” means galaxies in general, not just the Milky Way.
SPACE FACTS
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years!
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life and has a surface temperature of less than 7,200k degrees Fahrenheit.
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SPACE FACTS
Scientists once believed that the same side of Mercury always faced the Sun.
However, in 1965 astronomers discovered that the planet rotates three times during every two orbits it makes.
SPACE FACTS
Jupiter’s Red Spot is shrinking.
Jupiter’s red spot is a huge swirling hurricane-like storm that used to be three times the size of Earth! However, the storm is shrinking over time, but even as it shrinks it gets taller.
Scientists are still stumped as to what’s causing this although they believe it may be to do with jet streams on Jupiter changing location or direction.
SPACE FACTS
A large percentage of asteroids are pulled in by Jupiter’s gravity.
For this reason, Jupiter is known as the dumping grounds for our solar system.
Many of the asteroids that are potentially harmful to Earth, the long period comets, tend to be sucked into Jupiter’s gravity field.
SPACE FACTS
A day on Mercury is equivalent to 58 Earth days.
This is because Mercury rotates on its axis very slowly compared to Earth.
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SPACE FACTS
As space has no gravity, pens won’t work.
Normal pens work by gravity pulling the ink towards the pen’s nib (the writing part) – as you hold the pen in your hand writing part facing downwards.
As there’s no gravity in space, the ink doesn’t get pulled to the nib.
However, special pens have been made that work in zero gravity.
SPACE FACTS
On average it takes the light only 1.3 seconds to travel from the Moon to Earth.
The distance between the Earth and the Moon is only 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers).
SPACE FACTS
There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.
SPACE FACTS
The center of a comet is called a “nucleus”.
The streams of dust that streak behind comets are known as a “coma” or a “tail”.
Space facts aren’t just about the planets! Here are some cool facts about comets.
SPACE FACTS
As early as 240BC the Chinese began to document the appearance of Halley’s Comet.
After 164BC there was a continuous recording of the comet each time it was visible.