solar system crossword
Across
- 5. an animal that was sent into space on 9 March 1961
- 6. has 27 moons
- 11. first astronaut in space
- 14. last person to walk on the moon
- 17. the second smallest planet in our solar system
- 18. a minor space object that has entered the Earth's atmosphere
- 19. the only planet with life
- 20. NASA's second human spaceflight program
- 23. neptune’s largest moon
- 24. Jupiter’s volcanic moon
- 26. has over 30 rings
Down
- 1. coldest planet in the solar system
- 2. Earth’s sister planet
- 3. the second person to walk on the Moon
- 4. the first mission to land a man on the moon
- 7. became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle
- 8. when they hit the surface of a planet or a moon it is considered a
- 9. about the size of a pebble
- 10. a program to see if humans could function in space.
- 12. larger than meteoroids
- 13. these planets haven’t ¨Cleared their neighborhood¨
- 15. Jupiter's moon that is very close to Earth's moon
- 16. a monkey who successfully was sent to space
- 17. named after the roman god of Thieves
- 21. has the big red spot
- 22. It is the only moon in the entire solar system with a dense atmosphere
- 25. first animal/dog in space