Crossword - Space Exploration
Across
- 1. He wrote "The War of the Worlds"
- 3. the name of a REUSABLE manned spacecraft
- 5. space probe used to study the Sun
- 7. last name of first human (a Russian cosmonaut) to complete one orbit around the Earth
- 11. name of dividing line between Earth's atmosphere and outer space
- 12. space telescope which allows for a deep view into space
- 13. a familiar NATURAL satellite
Down
- 2. the planet which is the "pale blue dot"
- 3. famous historical example of an ARTIFICIAL satellite
- 4. He wrote "From the Earth to the Moon"
- 6. the first man-made spacecraft to land successfully on another planet was the Russian Venera 7 which landed on the planet ________
- 8. name of the American mission, the 11th of which allowed the first humans to step foot on the surface of the moon
- 9. the name of the near-Earth asteroid studied by the probe, NEAR-Shoemaker
- 10. name of Russian space dog that orbited Earth
- 13. first space station (Russian owned)