Space Race Achievements

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Across
  1. 3. The reusable spacecraft used by NASA for several missions.
  2. 7. An activity where astronauts leave the spacecraft while in space.
  3. 8. The historic event when humans first stepped on the Moon in 1969.
  4. 11. The first living creature to orbit Earth, a Soviet space dog.
  5. 12. Autonomous robots sent to explore the surface of Mars.
  6. 14. The first U.S. space program that sent astronauts into space.
  7. 15. The spacecraft that carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
  8. 17. The U.S. program that prepared astronauts for the Apollo missions.
Down
  1. 1. The part of the spacecraft that landed on the Moon.
  2. 2. The collaborative efforts between countries in space exploration.
  3. 4. A term for a Russian or Soviet astronaut.
  4. 5. The NASA program that achieved the Moon landing.
  5. 6. The first human to travel into space.
  6. 7. The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
  7. 9. The international space station where astronauts conduct experiments.
  8. 10. The space telescope that provides stunning images of the cosmos.
  9. 11. A series of Soviet spacecraft that explored the Moon.
  10. 12. The Russian space station that orbited Earth for 15 years.
  11. 13. The Russian spacecraft still used for human spaceflight.
  12. 16. The path an object takes as it revolves around another celestial body.