First Man chapters 1, 4, 9, 12 words

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Across
  1. 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. 3. name of U.S. space program after Gemini program
  3. 6. name of Neil’s and Janet’s daughter
  4. 7. name of U.S. space program before Gemini program
  5. 12. Karen Armstrong dies on this special day of Neil’s and Janet’s, two words
  6. 15. the Space Race was between the USA and the ______ Union (Russia)
  7. 16. the university that Neil went to
  8. 19. the Earth’s atmosphere and the outer space around it, the study of it
  9. 20. the _______ Plan allowed for Neil’s education to be paid for in exchange for military service
  10. 21. machine that spins so as to simulate G-force or gravity force
  11. 22. early woman aviator, Amelia ______
Down
  1. 2. pilots use a flight ______ to practice flying skills without being inside an actual aircraft
  2. 4. a path an airplane can fly so as to create momentary weightlessness; a math word, adjective form of parabola
  3. 5. a cancer tumor was found in Karen’s _____-stem
  4. 8. Neil’s wife’s first name
  5. 9. city in USA near British Columbia that Neil lived when Karen was diagnosed with an illness
  6. 10. early male aviator, Charles ______
  7. 11. adjective form of aeronautic
  8. 13. name of U.S. space program after Mercury program, but before Apollo
  9. 14. came before NASA, the National Action Committee for _______
  10. 17. first person to fly fast than sound, Chuck ______
  11. 18. Neil’s sister’s first name (a month of a year)