Space Race

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Across
  1. 1. The first human to orbit Earth, a Soviet cosmonaut.
  2. 5. NASA's project focused on landing humans on the moon.
  3. 6. The first animal to travel to space, a Soviet space dog.
  4. 7. Stayed in orbit around the moon during Apollo 11.
  5. 9. The first person to step on the moon.
  6. 10. The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  7. 12. The first person to perform a spacewalk.
  8. 13. The first American to enter space.
  9. 14. Known as a 'successful failure,' this mission faced an oxygen tank explosion.
Down
  1. 2. This mission successfully landed humans on the moon in 1969.
  2. 3. The first American to orbit the Earth.
  3. 4. The second astronaut to walk on the moon.
  4. 5. Mission symbolizing the end of the Space Race with a U.S. and Soviet handshake.
  5. 8. U.S. space agency created after the launch of Sputnik.
  6. 11. The first woman to travel into space