Space Crossword

3. Name for Newton’s First Law
6. For every action, there is an equal and opposite…
8. The space agency responsible for the Apollo moon missions
9. The vehicle that carries astronauts to and from space
11. The force that propels a spacecraft forward
14. The largest planet in our solar system
16. A change in speed or direction according to Newtons second law of motion
17. These types of forces do cause a change in speed on an object
18. The third planet from the sun
19. The study of celestial objects and phenomena

1. The region beyond Earth’s atmosphere
2. The force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun
4. A massive celestial body that emits light
5. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
7. Forces that are equal and opposite in direction and Do NOT cause a change in motion on an object
9. The closest star to Earth (3 letters):
10. These exist in a wide disk beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt and take less than 200 years to orbit the Sun
12. While space probes operate primarily in the vacuum of space, they encounter some resistance when passing through an atmosphere
13. The natural satellite of Earth
15. The path that a planet follows around the sun