Space Exploration Timeline

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Across
  1. 3. Russian name for astronaut
  2. 6. Alan ______ was the first American in space in 1961.
  3. 9. Neil _______ was the first man to step on the moon.
  4. 11. ________ space station launched in 1998.
  5. 13. program that began in 1981 allowing astronauts to travel to and from space in a reusable craft (two words no spaces)
  6. 15. First used a telescope to study the sky in 1609.
  7. 17. Performed the first of 135 missions over 30 years for space shuttle program
  8. 18. Made the first landing on an asteroid (433 Eros)
Down
  1. 1. Launched Aug 21, 1957, this Russian satellite was the first to orbit the Earth and officially began the space race.
  2. 2. ______1 landed on Mars in 1976.
  3. 3. Wrote publication that claimed the Earth and planets orbited the sun in 1543.
  4. 4. _______4 sent by NASA, this spacecraft conducted a Mars flyby in 1965.
  5. 5. First inhabitable space station (1986-2001)
  6. 7. space telescope carried into orbit by space shuttle in 1990
  7. 8. ____Gagarin first human in space and to orbit the Earth in 1961.
  8. 10. Sally ______ was the first American woman in space.
  9. 12. ________11 NASA spacecraft carried the first humans to the moon in July 1969.
  10. 14. Name of the first US space station (1973)
  11. 16. In 1926,Robert _______ invented the first liquid fueled rocket making space flight possible.