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Space Facts

Did you know........

1- That we know more about space than we do about our deep oceans!

2- If you shouted in space even if someone was right next to you they wouldn't be able to hear you.

3- The first woman in space was a Russian called Valentina Tereshkova.

4- The first man-made satellite in space was called sputnik.

5- That mercury, Venus, earth and Mars are called the inner planets as they are closest to the sun!

6-  The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong.

7- The first conventional use for rockets was rocket mail and catching whales and deer.

8- The one and only satellite that Britain has launched was called Black Arrow.

9- The space age began on the 4th October 1957.

10- December 21st 1968, was the first time that humans truely left Earth.


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