Flight and Space Travel

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Across
  1. 5. devices that convert information into electric signals
  2. 9. the study of flight
  3. 10. the body, or central structure, of the airplane
  4. 11. NASA shuttle that blew up on takeoff in 1986
  5. 13. propels the plane forward
  6. 15. Intercontinental ballistic missles abbreviation
  7. 16. the pilot uses this to change the side-to-side movement of the plane
  8. 17. the difference in pressure that pushes the wing upward
Down
  1. 1. pilots use these to control pitch of the airplane
  2. 2. tail section of the plane
  3. 3. simple tools that astronomers use to discover more about the universe
  4. 4. abbreviation for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  5. 6. created by daVinci; he thought it would make humans fly
  6. 7. force caused by friction in the air; slows it down
  7. 8. the first man-made satellite
  8. 12. in flight, the constant downward pull from gravity
  9. 14. gravitationally curved path of an object in space