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Astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth. Most of it has not been analyzed.       In 1959, the Soviet space probe “Luna Two” became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.       Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.       Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.       On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.       On February 7, 1969 a meteorite weighing over 1 ton fell in       |
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