The Space Race Crossword

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  1. 2. Information, often biased, used by both superpowers to demonstrate space achievements.
  2. 7. Soviet leader during the majority of the Space Race
  3. 9. Soviet space craft that carried Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961
  4. 10. The ultimate goal was for a man to land on the _____
  5. 12. Making a full The curved, repeating trajectory of a spacecraft or celestial body around a star, planet, or moon.
  6. 13. John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960 for _____
  7. 14. The name of first living organism, a dog, that was sent to space by the USSR
  8. 15. The first artificial _____ was launched by the Soviet Union
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  1. 1. the name of the first artifical satellite to be launched
  2. 3. The NASA program that successfully landed the first humans on the Moon.
  3. 4. A vehicle propelled by engines that expel exhaust to achieve enough thrust to escape Earth's gravity.
  4. 5. A primate that was used to see if humans would survive in space and survive the landing
  5. 6. an individual trained and certified by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member aboard a spacecraft
  6. 8. Last name of the man that took the first steps on the moon
  7. 11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration