4.3 History of Space Exploration
Across
- 4. vehicle that lift off with the aid of rocket boosters
- 6. Unscrewed vehicles that carry scientific instruments into space beyond earth's orbit
- 7. Lands on the surface of a planet and sends information back to earth
- 9. An object placed in space orbits other objects and sends back information
- 10. crewed spacecraft do not orbit earth because they do not reach the required speed and altitude
Down
- 1. crewed spacecraft that completely orbits earth
- 2. A space probe that was deployed from the space shuttle Atlantis in 1989 to study Jupiter
- 3. A spacecraft that travels to a planet and orbits it for information
- 4. long-term crewed space craft from which other vehicles can be launched or scientific research can be found
- 5. A mobile vehicle that is used to explore the surface of planets by using an x-ray
- 8. Another name for National Aeronautics and Space Administration