Grade 6PB researched space facts and created a presentation in Microsoft Word and Slideshare about the Milky Way galaxy, space debris, sound in space, animals in space, galaxies, stars, the first launch into space, space shuttles, the moon, women in space, and asteroids. The presentation included interesting facts about each topic and was intended to inform and enjoy readers.

1. 6PB’s Fun SPACE
FACTS.
Grade 6PB researched
interesting facts on SPACE and
created this presentation using
Microsoft WORD and
Slideshare.
We hope you enjoy it!

2. The MilkyWay
The Milky Way is approximately
100, 000 light years in diameter.
Our Milky Way Galaxy contains
anywhere from 200 to 400 billion stars.
What we can see from Earth is
only a tiny amount of the stars in the Milky Way.
Bibliography:
Picture: http://www.universetoday.com/75691/how-big-is-the- milky-way/
Information: http://www.universetoday.com/21563/milky-way /
By Olivia and Antonia

3. Space
debris
Space debris is a mix of
either old or useless satellites
or satellites that never worked
. The gravity from earth will
eventually pull all of the space debris down to
earth. No one has ever been killed from space junk
falling to the ground though.
Bibliography:
Pictures: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Space_debris
Information:http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/orbital/
By Gabby, Blake and Evan

4. Sound
in
Space
Sound travels through the air, so on Earth
people can hear others voice because the
sound travels with the air unlike space. Space
has no air so the sound can’t travel.
Bibliography: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/space-environment/1-
is-there-sound-in-space.html
By Erica and Rosie

5. Animals In
Space
Not just monkeys, cats
and dogs went into space,
but crickets, spiders, frogs,
ants, Japanese killfish and
fish newts are all
creatures that have
travelled into space.
Bibliography:
http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/trivia/dyk2.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space
By: Elysia, Giorgia and Imogen! 

6. Galaxies Galaxies are a
massive group of stars, gas and
dust. the sun and the solar
system are part of the Milky
Way galaxy.
There are probably more than
170 billion galaxies in the
universe. even in the milky
way galaxy there are still lots
more planets to be
found..................maybe (:
Scott and James
Bibliographyp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy

7. Stars
The sun is the closest star to earth and it can fit into the
biggest star about a million times. A small star lasts longer
than what a big star would last. A big group of stars are
called galaxies. A star is made when a massive cloud of
hydrogen gas collapses until it is hot enough to burn
nuclear fuel. All groups of stars are held together by
gravitational forces.
Bibliography:
http://www.universetoday.com/25145/interesting-facts-about-stars/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/ By Antonina and Natalie

8. THE FIRST LAUNCH
INTO SPACE
The Apollo 11 launch date
arrived with just months to spare
on July 20, 1969.
Nine years earlier U.S. President
John F. Kennedy had said that by
the end of the decade the
country would put a man on
the moon and return him safely
to Earth.
In April 1961 the Soviets sent the
first human to space. Russian
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made a
108-minute suborbital flight in a By
Vostok 1 spacecraft and By Nick, Nathan and Paul & MrsMelenhorst
returned safely to Earth. Bibliography:
WWW.NASAhistory.com

9. SPACE SHUTTLES
NASA's space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first
launch on April 12, 1981. The final space shuttle mission, STS-
135, ended July 21, 2011 when Atlantis rolled to a stop at its
home port, NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Bibliography: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enterprise_free_flight.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
BY MAT AND CORRIE

10. The moon.
The Moon is the second
brightest object in the sky
after the sun.
The Moons surface is like powder,
which is called regolith.
It is 100% dry.
The Moon is about 238,900 miles (384,000 km)
away from Earth.
Bibliography-
http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/moonwelcome.htm
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_merged_small.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
By Tarsha, Emily, Kara

11. Women In Space
• The first woman in space was a Russian by the name
of Valentina Tereshkova. On the far side of the moon
there is a crater that is named after her! The year in
which she landed was 1963. She was awarded many
rewards and prizes and special honours afterwards.
• In 1991 a woman by the name of Helen Sharman
spent 18 months training before she finally was able to
go to space. She spent eight days there conducting
experiments.
Bibliography-
www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistoy/
By: Ellen and Joanne

12. Asteroids
Almost all of the asteroids in our
solar system orbit in a group
between Mars and Jupiter. This is
called The Asteroid Belt. Some
scientists believe that our solar
system’s asteroids were formed
when a planet that existed years ago
exploded or collided with another
planet. Other scientists think that the
materials the asteroids are made of
never came together to form a
planet at all.
Bibliography: www.qrg.northwestern.edu/.../2-how-asteroids-orbit.html
By: Thomas & Thomas
www.commons.wikimedia.org