38 - Space Race

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Across
  1. 5. – Used for training astronauts in realistic mission scenarios.
  2. 7. – Apollo 13 crew had to improvise a new CO₂ one.
  3. 8. – Camera brand used to photograph the Moon.
  4. 9. – Lunar Module Communications system.
  5. 12. – Russian space agency, successor to Soviet space efforts.
  6. 13. – Connection that supplied power and data to modules.
  7. 14. – Rocket process where parts are jettisoned in phases.
  8. 15. – Lunar module phase that brought astronauts to the Moon’s surface.
Down
  1. 1. – Title used when speaking to the Flight Director at NASA.
  2. 2. – First name of the first human in space.
  3. 3. – Critical component for entering and exiting spacecraft.
  4. 4. – Still essential — and yes, a different context each time!
  5. 6. – Radiation belts surrounding Earth, crossed by Apollo craft.
  6. 10. – Type of module where astronauts lived and controlled flight.
  7. 11. – Oscillation issue in early Saturn V flights.