Space Race
Across
- 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
- 2. 1st successful moon mission by the US in 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became first people to walk on the moon
- 4. First US astronauts
- 6. president during part of the cold war and especially during the superpower rivalry and the cuban missile crisis. he was the president who went on tv and told the public about hte crisis and allowed the leader of the soviet uinon to withdraw their missiles. other events, which were during his terms was the building of the berlin wall, the space race, and early events of the Vietnamese war.
- 7. First man in space
- 8. Second man on the moon
Down
- 1. First man on the moon
- 3. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
- 5. First American to walk in space
- 6. first American to orbit the earth