Across
- 5. The universe working as an orderly, harmonious place that is governed by natural law
- 6. American space pilots
- 9. Alan ___ was the first American to be launched into space and safely returned
- 11. Immense shining sphere of intensely hot plasma and gases that produces its own light and heat
- 13. ___ dwarf is a failed star
- 14. Edward __ was the first astronaut to spacewalk
- 15. Elon ___ is a businessman who founded SpaceX
- 17. Yuri ___ was the first person to orbit the earth
- 19. The space ___ is a reusable space vehicle that has flown 135 missions
Down
- 1. An area with no matter, no solids, liquids, gases, or plasma
- 2. The sun is a ___ dwarf star
- 3. ___ Centauri is the star closest to the Earth after our sun
- 4. US space agency
- 7. The International Space ___ is the largest structure that humans have launched into space
- 8. Sally ___ was the first American woman to launch into space and travel in a space shuttle
- 9. A Planetary ___ is a star, and planets and bodies that orbit it
- 10. Nuclear ___ is when a nucleus from one atom collides with the nucleus of another, producing a new type of atom
- 12. A red ___ is the smallest and coolest of the young stars
- 16. the first satellite successfully launched into space
- 18. Group of 1 million to 1 trillion stars bound together by the force of gravity
