Mars has a Sense of Humor! Mars has a Sense of Humor! In 2018, NASA’s InSight lander was en route to Mars when engineers noticed it was slightly off course. The culprit? A tiny thruster leak, like a cosmic fart, nudging the spacecraft astray. The team dubbed it the “burping thruster” and fixed it with […]

A cosmic rave A cosmic rave In 1969, Apollo 10 astronauts heard a mysterious “music” in space, eerie whistling sounds on the far side of the moon. They debated whether or not to report it, fearing NASA would think they were nuts. Turns out, it was just radio interference between their spacecraft’s modules, but for […]

Don’t Drink Orange Juice in Space! Don’t Drink Orange Juice in Space! During the Apollo 16 mission astronaut John Young accidentally broadcasted his complaints about farting from too much orange juice to mission control. His hot-mic moment gave NASA an unexpected lesson in space diet side effects and a good laugh on Earth!

A Kitchen Utensil in Space A Kitchen Utensil in Space In 2006, astronaut Piers Sellers lost a spatula while spacewalking during a shuttle mission. It floated away into orbit, becoming the ultimate “lost in space” kitchen utensil. NASA tracked it as space debris, proving even astronauts can't keep their BBQ tools in check!

SNOOPY ASTRONAUT !

Did you know that Snoopy is a NASA astronaut?As part of the Artemis mission, Snoopy flew to the Moon. His mission is to serve as an indicator of weightlessness.Snoopy took place on board the SLS ( Space Launch System) rocket and the Orion capsule.For the occasion, Snoopy wore an orange jumpsuit, gloves, boots and a […]

APOLLO 7: THE GRUMBLERS OF SPACE.

Did you know that the crew of Apollo 7 had a funny nickname ? After a series of uninhabited test flights, Apollo 7 took off on October 1968 but the captain Walter Schirra suffering from a cold contaminated his teammates.The mood of the astronauts was disturbed to the point that the media ended up nicknaming […]

Playing golf on the moon

Did you know that Alan Shepard played golf on the moon?As captain of the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepard asked for permission to play golf on the moon and guess what? NASA gave it to him!The ball was never found.

We grown in space

Did you know that we grown in space?Astronauts grow 3 percent taller in space.That’s because their spine is not subject to the Earth’s gravity and the vertebrae relax and expand however once they are back on Earth, astronauts regain their normal height in a few months.

Car to Mars

Did you know that there is a car in space ?In february 2018 Spacex launched Falcon Heavy a brand new rocket into space. Because of the high risk of failure such a flight brought, no human was on board. However, the rocket did not carry a satellite either.Instead Elon Musk the founder of Spacex, decided […]

Apollo 11

Did you know that Apollo 11 had 25 seconds of fuel left before landing on the moon ? They almost ran out of fuel !Neil Armstrong piloted the small module that would land on the moon but, due to an autopilot issue, the module was sent towards rocks.Armstrong had to change course and managed to […]

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The history of space by Josepha

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