Exploring Space

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Across
  1. 3. The acronym for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. 6. Mars is a ____ in our solar system.
  3. 8. The planet we live on
  4. 9. The earth ____s the sun.
Down
  1. 1. It orbits the earth and appears as different shapes throughout the month; one of the shapes is called a crescent ____.
  2. 2. The North ____ is part of the Little Dipper constellation.
  3. 4. A person who explores outer space
  4. 5. The Milky Way is the ____ that Earth is in.
  5. 7. Before 2006, this was considered the smallest planet in our solar system.