Outer Space

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Across
  1. 4. The biggest planet in our solar system
  2. 5. The shape of most orbits (hint: starts with an “e”)
  3. 9. These are so dense that light can’t escape them
  4. 10. The people who get to go to space
  5. 14. Astronauts go to space in these!
  6. 15. There are six of these stuck in the ground on the moon!
  7. 16. The hoops around Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
  8. 18. Unit to measure distance in space
  9. 19. The first planet
  10. 20. Our favorite dwarf planet
  11. 21. The United States space program
Down
  1. 1. Use this to look into space
  2. 2. The first person to walk on the moon
  3. 3. The Milky Way is our ______
  4. 6. Orbit the Earth and communicate information
  5. 7. Gives the Earth heat
  6. 8. The first American to orbit Earth
  7. 11. It circles around the Earth
  8. 12. A red, rocky planet
  9. 13. The force behind orbits
  10. 17. The birthplace of stars
  11. 22. The Sun is a ____