Space
Across
- 2. An enormous system of stars, dust, and gas.
- 3. The fourth planet from the sun, known as the Red Planet.
- 7. Relating to the moon.
- 9. The path one celestial body takes around another.
- 10. Pertaining to the sun.
- 14. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 15. A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.
- 16. An instrument for observing distant objects.
- 18. A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
Down
- 1. A space probe launched by NASA to study the outer planets.
- 3. A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere.
- 4. A stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy.
- 5. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 6. The theoretical explosion that started the universe.
- 8. NASA's program that landed humans on the moon.
- 11. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust.
- 12. A cloud of gas and dust in space.
- 13. A private American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company.
- 17. The universe seen as a well-ordered whole.
- 19. A robotic vehicle designed to explore the surface of a planet.