Matter & Motion Section 2.3 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Satellites used to make maps, forecast crop production and spot forest fires
  2. 6. Orbit of a satellite directly above the equator that follows the earth's rotation
  3. 8. Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft for his orbit
  4. 10. An unmanned spacecraft designed specifically to explore the unknown
  5. 11. Space shuttle that exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986
  6. 13. United States' first space station
  7. 14. United States' first space shuttle
  8. 15. First man to travel in space
Down
  1. 1. First American to orbit the earth
  2. 2. Architect of the Space Age who supervised the development of the world's largest rocket, Saturn V
  3. 3. First artificial object ever put into space
  4. 4. First human to set foot on another world
  5. 7. Satellites used to relay telephone conversations between continents and transmit television broadcasts around the globe
  6. 9. Spacecraft that takes off vertically on four retractable legs and is maneuverable enough to fly sideways, requires only three technicians to operate it
  7. 12. Soviet space station where two cosmonauts spent a record 366 days in space