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The biggest
SEEING diamond is in Yuri
SEEING
the heart of an
STARS old star named Gagarin
first human
BPM 37093
in space
with a diameter of
2,485 1961 (Russian)
Valentina
If you counted all the stars in the miles Tereshkova
first woman
Milky Way at the rate of one (4,000 km). in space
500°C a second, it would take you about That’s roughly the 1963 (Russian)
12,000 years to count them all. width of Australia. Alexei
Leonov
first to
BLAST OFF! launch heavier Kourou, French Guiana FIVE ASTRONAUT FIRSTS 1969 (American)
Many countries
space walk
launch sites.
Neil
Sites closer to
400°C have spaceflight Cape Canaveral,Florida Baikonur, Kazakhstan 1965 (Russian)
Armstrong
Xjchang, China
the equator can
first to walk
on the Moon
cargo, because
rockets there
Dennis Tito
first space
100°C are given a 2001 tourist
boost by the
(American)
speed of
Earth’s spin.
0°C Each toilet on the International Space Station cost $19 million.
MAKING AN
IMPACT
IMPACT
-100°C IMPACT
Large meteorites blast out vast craters when they
land. Young Earth was bombarded with meteorites:
LONDON (ENGLAND)
VREDEFORT (SOUTH AFRICA) 35 MILES (56 KM) ACROSS
-200°C 185 MILES (300 KM) ACROSS
MORE THAN 2 BILLION YEARS OLD
SUDBURY (CANADA)
155 MILES (250 KM) ACROSS
1.85 BILLION YEARS OLD
CHICXULUB (MEXICO)
105 MILES (170 KM) ACROSS
About 3,000 meteorites land on Earth every year—most burn up in the atmosphere.
65 MILLION YEARS OLD
POPIGAI (RUSSIA)
60 MILES (100 KM) ACROSS
35.7 MILLION YEARS OLD

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