Across
- 2. First ISS module, launched Friday before Thanksgiving, 1998
- 4. “Through this unique means, I convey to you and all mankind America’s wish for peace on earth and good will to men everywhere.”
- 5. Landed on Mars first week of 2004
- 9. With 10 down, occurred on the same day, New Year’s Eve, 2009
- 11. Planet supposedly discovered first week of 1860
- 12. Soviet Launch two days into the new year, 1959
- 15. First spacecraft to make a flyby of Mars, launched Thanksgiving week, 1964
- 16. German physicist who died New Year’s Day, 1894
Down
- 1. English astronomer born Christmas Day, 1642
- 3. French launch following America's Thanksgiving, 1965
- 6. First observed at Cambridge University Thanksgiving week, 1967
- 7. Circled the moon Christmas Eve, 1968
- 8. First discovered through astrophotography Christmas week, 1891
- 10. With 9 across, occurred on the same day, New Year’s Eve, 2009
- 13. Since Christmas Eve, 1955, tracks Santa Claus as he travels around the world
- 14. Thanksgiving week, 2001, detected first planetary atmosphere outside the Solar System