MISSION #3 - Crossword - Crossword Labs

1. the government agency whose mission is to research and develop safe and meaningful ways to explore space
4. the path of a spaceship or a heavenly body as it revolves around a planet or other body
6. a group of stars seen as forming a figure or design in the sky
8. the planet on which we live - the third planet from the sun
10. space beyond the atmosphere of the Earth
12. any unexplained moving object observed in the sky
13. an object in the sky that sends out its own light
14. he spiral galaxy containing our solar system
16. occurring or existing beyond the Earth's atmosphere
17. the force of attraction between any two masses
20. a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the Earth's atmosphere or in orbit around the Earth
22. a person or animal that lives in a place, especially permanently
25. the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body; the air
27. an object that enters the inner solar system, typically in a very elongated orbit around the sun
28. the star at the centre of our solar system

2. the outward appearance
3. an opening in the Earth's crust from which molten lava, rock fragments, ashes, dust, and gases are ejected from below the Earth's surface
5. a vehicle built by NASA that is capable of taking off from Earth, carrying a crew and a cargo into space, and returning to Earth to be used again
7. a literary genre that makes imaginative use of scientific knowledge
9. the science or art of flight
11. the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it
15. science dealing with the universe and the objects in it
18. a large mass of stars held together by gravitation
19. an expert in astronomy
21. a device designed to be launched into orbit around a planet
23. an object in orbit around a star
24. a shallow, bowl-shaped depression in a surface, formed by an explosion or by the impact of a body, such as a meteorite
25. a creature from outer space
26. a natural satellite revolving around a planet