Solar System Exploration Crossword

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  1. 4. This USA program landed on Mars in 1976 and possibly found and killed life.
  2. 6. This USA program recorded the first flybys of Mars, Venus and Mercury
  3. 7. This program was a series of 24 missions by the USSR that would study the moon
  4. 8. This USSR program successfully studied Venus, recording pictures and sounds.
  5. 13. This is the latest mars rover, landing in 2021
  6. 15. The passenger aboard Sputnik 2
  7. 16. This USA program recorded the first flybys of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune
  8. 17. This USSR program had the first mars rover but also had the first public USSR failure
  9. 18. This is the name of the active Chinese lunar space program
  10. 20. This USA program was broken up into 3 phases and were the first to obtain close up images of the moon and hit the far side.
  11. 21. This USSR program recorded the first lunar flyby
  12. 22. USA's first space orbiter launched in March 1958
  13. 23. This was the first mercury orbiter, discovering water on that planet
  14. 25. Period of geopolitical tension between NATO and the Warsaw Pact
  15. 27. This is the number of Apollo missions
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  1. 1. This is the name of one of the first people to walk on the moon
  2. 2. This was the first person to orbit the earth aboard Vostok 1
  3. 3. This USA program was broken into 2 parts. The first studying the moon and the second studying other planets.
  4. 4. This is the first name of the first woman in space
  5. 5. This USA probe was the first Jupiter orbiter where it studied chemical composition of that planet
  6. 9. This is the first Apollo Mission to land people on the moon
  7. 10. Period of technological and scientific competition between USA and the USSR
  8. 11. This is the first Saturn orbiter and landed the first object on an outer solar system moon, titan
  9. 12. This probe gave the first images of pluto's surface
  10. 14. This USA program identified Volcanism and weather patterns on Venus
  11. 19. The first satellite launched on Oct 4, 1957
  12. 24. This was the first USA mars Rover, it only went 100m
  13. 26. This is the name of the active NASA lunar program, currently planning to establish a lunar base by 2035