Space Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. Last American to fly solo into space (last name)
  2. 4. 1st time the CSM and LM are launched together
  3. 6. This program studied Mars '75 to '89
  4. 8. This project's goal was human space flight
  5. 9. 1st to land on the moon
  6. 10. 1st U.S. man to orbit the Earth (last name)
  7. 12. This program studied Saturn's Rings; discovered 6 new moons
  8. 14. Did everything but land on the moon;
  9. 16. 1st artificial satellite launched in 1957
  10. 17. Space shuttle used only for testing
  11. 19. Created the first liquid fuel rocket in 1926
  12. 21. Exploded killing all on board incl a Teacher
  13. 23. Died in Apollo I; flew 2nd Mercury mission
  14. 24. The Cargo carried by a rocket / shuttle
Down
  1. 1. Had 3 crews between '73 and '74 with 162 days in space
  2. 2. This program studied the inner planets '62-'73
  3. 3. 1st Space Shuttle to go into space in 1981
  4. 4. 1st mission to see the "dark side" of the moon
  5. 5. Last manned mission to the moon
  6. 6. Blew up on live TV in 1957
  7. 7. This project's goal was to develop skills & technology
  8. 9. This project's goal was to explore the moon
  9. 11. This program studied outer planets and beyond
  10. 13. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  11. 15. This program studied Jupiter and Saturn
  12. 18. The reaction force that propels rockets
  13. 20. 1st U.S. man in space (last name)
  14. 22. 1st successful satellite launch by U.S.
  15. 25. 1st manned Apollo mission