Space race scramble
Across
- 1. Soviet satellite launched in 1957
- 2. American astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission. Jim ___
- 7. The Soviet spacecraft that carried the first animals, a dog named Laika, into space in 1957.
- 8. American astronaut who famously said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Neil ___
- 10. Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space. Valentina ____
- 12. First living creature to orbit the Earth. (the dog)
- 14. The Soviet spacecraft that carried the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Down
- 1. American astronaut who became the first American woman to walk in space. Kathy ____
- 3. The Soviet spacecraft series that carried out the first successful unmanned moon landing in 1959.
- 4. Soviet spacecraft that carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
- 5. Soviet space probe that reached Venus.
- 6. First American space station
- 9. US space agency that sent astronauts to the moon
- 11. The first American satellite launched into space in 1958, in response to Sputnik.
- 13. American space program that aimed to land humans on the moon.