33 - Space Race

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Across
  1. 1. – Role responsible for talking to astronauts from mission control.
  2. 3. – Launch ______; where rockets lift off from.
  3. 6. – Apollo 11 astronaut, Moonwalker and lunar module pilot.
  4. 8. – Commander of Apollo 8, first to orbit the Moon.
  5. 9. – Apollo 16 command module pilot, originally bumped from Apollo 13.
  6. 12. – Critical item used by astronauts to follow mission steps.
  7. 14. – Sea of _______; site of Apollo 11 landing.
  8. 15. – Took famous "Earthrise" photo during Apollo 8.
Down
  1. 2. – First name of Duke, youngest person to walk on the Moon.
  2. 4. – Small engine used to slow spacecraft during descent.
  3. 5. – Nickname for Apollo 10 lunar module.
  4. 7. – One of the Mercury Seven, later managed astronaut selection.
  5. 10. – Data sent from spacecraft to Earth.
  6. 11. – Lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, walked on the Moon.
  7. 13. – Powerful rockets that help spacecraft escape Earth’s gravity.