AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE FACTS ABOUT SPACE


1. IF YOU TAKE TWO DIFFERENT METALS TOGETHER IN SPACE , THEN THEY WILL STICK TOGETHER . 

THE METALS ON EARTH DO NOT STICK TO EACH OTHER DUE TO THE PROTECTIVE LAYER FORMED BY OXYGEN ON THESE METALS . IN THE OUTER SPACE , THERE IS NO OXYGEN . SO THE METALS HAVE NO LAYER PREVENTING THEM TO STICK TOGETHER . THIS IS ALSO CALLED " COLD WELDING ".





2. YOU CANNOT WRITE WITH A PEN IN THE SPACE 

SINCE THERE IS NO GRAVITY IN SPACE , THE INK DOES NOT STICK TO THE PAPER RESULTING IN THE FLOATING OF THE INK OF THE PEN .THE SPACE PEN ( ALSO KNOWN AS THE ZERO GRAVITY PEN ) , MARKETED BY FISHER SPACE PEN COMPANY , IS A PEN THAT USES PRESSURIZED INK CARTRIDGES AND IS ABLE TO WRITE IN ZERO GRAVITY .



3. WHO WAS HAM?

THE FIRST CHIMPANZEE SENT INTO SPACE IN THE YEAR 1961 WAS HAM. THE WORLD'S FIRST ANIMAL TO ORBIT THE EARTH ON 3rd NOVEMBER  , 1957 ON SOVIET SPACECRAFT SPUTNIK 2 WAS LAIKA [ DOG].



 



4. WHAT AN AMAZING SUNSET ON MARS ?                                          

MARTIAN SUNSETS TYPICALLY STAND OUT FOR THEIR DISTINCTIVE BLUE COLOR. FINE DUST IN THE ATMOSPHERE PERMITS BLUE LIGHT TO PENETRATE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN OTHER COLORS WITH LONGER WAVELENGTHS .





5. SALUTE TO INDIANS

INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION [ ISRO] IS THE ONLY ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD TO FIND PRESENCE OF WATER ON THE MOON . IT WAS DONE BY CHANDRAYAAN-1 LAUNCHED ON 22 OCTOBER 2008 FROM SATISH DHAWAN SPACE CENTRE , SRIHARIKOTA , ANDHRA PRADESH . ON 15 NOV,2008 IT ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION . 


6. WHO DIED IN SPACE ?

THE FIRST PERSON WHO DIED IN SPACE WAS VLADIMIR M. KOMAROV. VLADIMIR MIKHAYLOVICH KOMAROV,( BORN MARCH 16,1927 , MOSCOW , RUSSIA , U.S.S.R. — DIED APRIL 24,1967 , KAZAKHSTAN ) , SOVIET COMSOMAUT , THE FIRST MAN KNOWN TO HAVE DIED DURING A SPACE MISSION . KOMAROV JOINED THE SOVIET AIR FORCE AT THE AGE OF 15 AND WAS EDUCATED IN AIR FORCE SCHOOLS , BECOMING A PILOT IN 1949.



7. FATHER OF ISRO

DR. VIKRAM SARABHAI WAS AN INDIAN SCIENTIST AND INNOVATOR WHO IS REGARDED AS THE FATHER OF INDIAN SPACE PROGRAMME . HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS SETTING UP THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) . SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD , HE WAS A CURIOUS CHILD WHO WAS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING LIFE.


8. OH MY GOD ! PLUTO HAS NOT YET COMPLETED ONE REVOLUTION .

PLUTO WAS DISCOVERED ON 18 FEBRUARY , 1930 . IT TAKES 6.39 DAYS TO COMPLETE ONE ROTATION AND 248.59 YEARS TO COMPLETE ONE REVOLUTION . SINCE IT'S REVOLUTION PERIOD IS SO BIG SO THAT IS WHY IT HAS NOT YET COMPLETED IT'S REVOLUTION . IT WILL COMPLETE ITS REVOLUTION IN 2179 .




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