There are about 500,000 pieces of space rubbish orbiting the Earth.
True
Mars is sometimes known as the blue planet.
False. It is known as the red planet.
A NASA space suit costs 1 million dollars.
False. It actually costs about 12 million dollars
Neptune is the hottest planet in our solar system.
False. Venus is the hottest.
There are about 200 man-made satellites in space.
False. There are about 2,500 of them.
Saturn is the only planet that has rings.
False. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have rings.
Astronauts shrink in space.
False. They actually grow
There are nine planets in our solar system.
False. There are eight.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space.
True
Footprints and tyre tracks that have been left behind by astronauts on the moon will stay there forever.
True
The first animal to go into space was a dog.
False. Fruit flies were the first animals sent into space
Metal sticks together in space.
True
About 3,000 meteorites weighing more than 1kg each land on Earth every year.
True
Buzz Aldrin was the first man to step onto the moon's surface.
False. Neil Armstrong was first.
About 10,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun.
False. About 1,300,000 could fit.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
True
A star's colour tells us its temperature.
True
When you cry in space, your tears won't fall.
True
A day on Venus is longer than a year.
True
The International Space Station is the most expensive object ever built.
True
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the solar system.
False. The tallest mountain is on the planet Mars. (Olympus Mons)