SPACE

5. A robotic space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of a planet
10. A massive, gravitationally bound system of stars, like our own Milky Way
11. The windiest planet in our solar system, known for its deep blue color
12. A rocky airless remnant orbiting the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
15. The celestial alignment where one space body temporarily blocks the light of another
16. The "Red Planet" currently explored by rovers like Perseverance
17. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft (called a cosmonaut in Russia)
18. The famous dwarf planet reclassified from "major planet" status in 2006
20. An artificial object placed in orbit to relay data, weather, or GPS signals
21. The small, detachable section of a rocket where the crew lives during launch and re-entry
22. The curved, repeating path that an object takes around a star, planet, or moon

1. A "dirty snowball" of ice and dust that develops a glowing tail near the Sun
2. NASA's reusable spacecraft program that flew from 1981 to 2011
3. The invisible force that pulls objects toward each other and keeps planets in orbit
4. A giant cloud of dust and gas in space, often a nursery for new stars
6. Earth's natural satellite, responsible for our ocean tides
7. region of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escapeQUASARAn extremely luminous galactic core powered by a supermassive black holeVACUUMThe soundless, airless void that characterizes most of outer spaceCORONAThe outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, visible during a total solar eclipse
8. An instrument used to see distant stars, like the Hubble or James Webb
9. The vehicle used to launch payloads and humans past Earth's atmosphere
13. The colossal, brilliant explosion of a dying star at the end of its life
14. The gas giant famous for its spectacular, icy ring system
19. A streak of light caused by a space rock burning up in Earth's atmosphere