Space Crossword 22

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Across
  1. 7. The explosion of a star
  2. 9. The first man on the moon
  3. 10. The fifth planet from the sun
  4. 11. The path of an object around a particular point in space, for example the path the Moon takes around the Earth
  5. 12. The planet with 7 prominent rings around it
  6. 15. The galaxy where we live
  7. 16. The name of the planet we live on
  8. 18. A jet propelled vehicle that people can use to travel to space
  9. 19. The nearest planet to the Sun
Down
  1. 1. A planet named after the Roman god of the seas
  2. 2. All of space and everything in it
  3. 3. A small rocky, metallic or icy body that orbits larger objects in the solar system. Sometimes there is a ‘field’ of them.
  4. 4. An instrument we use to look at objects far far away like the stars
  5. 5. The name of the first chimpanzee in space
  6. 6. The study of everything in the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere
  7. 8. Agency responsible for the space program in the United States of America
  8. 12. Our nearest star
  9. 13. The force which stops us from floating off into space
  10. 14. A dwarf planet once thought to be the 9th planet in our solar system
  11. 17. Name of the unmanned remote controlled vehicle used to travel on the surface of Mars