Outer Space

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Across
  1. 1. The star we orbit around
  2. 4. The vehicle used to launch astronauts into space
  3. 6. The giant telescope in Earth's orbit that takes pictures of outer space
  4. 7. Ours is called the Milky Way
  5. 8. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  6. 12. The layer of gases that surrounds a planet
  7. 14. All of space and everything in it
  8. 16. The planet we live on
  9. 18. A person who travels to space
  10. 20. Imaginary picture made by connecting the dots in the stars, like the Big Dipper
  11. 22. A natural satellite that orbits a planet
Down
  1. 1. Glowing ball of light where hydrogen is fused into helium
  2. 2. The distance light travels in one year
  3. 3. Rock or metal from space that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere
  4. 5. When the moon blocks the light from the sun (a solar ______)
  5. 9. The mission that landed men on the moon in 1969
  6. 10. To travel in an elliptical shape around another object in space
  7. 11. The red planet
  8. 13. The largest planet in our solar system
  9. 15. A planet with large rings
  10. 17. The force that holds us to the ground
  11. 19. A magnifying instrument used to view faraway objects in space
  12. 21. Little green men who might live on other planets