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... planets continue to rotate around the Sun, because there is nothing to stop them. In addition, each planet continues to spin on its axis for the same reason. The Earth takes 24 ... in 1969, it took them three days to get there, so they could see the Earth spin three times during their journey. ---- Answer provided by Derek Webber Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EARTH

... brown areas. As you come closer, to about the distance of the Moon, only then does the brown begin to be noticeable. This is amazing when you think about it because ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EARTH

... no mass, so it cannot have gravity. As long has Earth has mass, it will continue to have gravity. If Earth were to lose its mass, it would cease to exist, so there's really no way that Earth can ever lose its gravity. ---- Answer provided by Dana S. Klein & D. Brooke Owens Image ...

... effort to design, build, test and operate spacecraft. Most of this has to do with Earth's gravity. Other factors, such as insurance and permit/licensing costs add a lot to ...

... . The shorter the wavelength of light, the bluer it appears. Because the atmosphere of the Earth stops shorter wavelengths, objects closer to the horizon look red or orange, because the light ... through the atmosphere. By contrast, light from objects that are higher up in the sky does not have to travel through as much atmosphere to reach our eyes and so the ... our eyes the Moon appears white. The colors of the Moon as seen from the Earth's surface are also determined by the dust or moisture found in the atmosphere. Dust ...

With current rocket engines and spacecraft technology, it does take a long time to travel anywhere in space. A trip to Mars will take ...

The Earth looks more like a blue marble, with white swirls, which are the clouds and snow. ... so small compared to its overall size. If you drew a circle to represent the Earth on a big piece of paper, and made it as big as ten feet across ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EARTH

Earth does not have lava in its center. When there are volcanic eruptions, the lava comes from ... below the surface. This heat is the remains of the energy that came when the Earth was formed at the outset by the crashing together, because of gravity, of its early materials. At the center of the Earth, scientists think there is a giant ball of molten iron. ---- Answer provided by Derek Webber ...

... begun to develop the technologies to check. Life grows in amazing places all over the Earth, even in deep dark caves, so there could be life that we have not discovered ... us humans busy for a long time exploring. If this "pale blue dot" called the Earth is the only place in the vastness of space which has living things, will that ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EARTH

That is what I heard. One famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, called the Earth seen against a background of blackness and stars a "pale blue dot." Blue and white ... polar ice caps. When the Apollo astronauts looked back from the Moon, they thought the Earth looked beautiful for two reasons: one, because it was more colorful than the dry and ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EARTH

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