Across
- 2. Closest galaxy neighbor to ours
- 3. Launch site in Florida
- 7. The answer to life, the universe, everything
- 8. Method by which multiple analog or digital signals are combined into one signal
- 11. Satellite that can be seen during the day or night
- 13. "Fictional" space station and galactic weapon the size of a planet
- 15. Completed by Han Solo in 11.5 parsecs
- 17. Supernatural force, consists of an upside and downside
- 18. First artificial Earth satellite
- 20. European agency for the space program and aeronautic/space research
- 22. The galaxies' best first mate
- 23. Space telescope launched in 1990 and is still operational
- 25. Antenna type that uses a feed horn and subreflector
- 28. Any method used to accelerate spacecraft
- 31. 24th century starship or first space shuttle in the US space shuttle program
- 32. Series of interconnected units that form a communications channel between the RX and TX antennas
- 33. Non-professional name for debris in Earth's orbit
- 35. The study of celestial objects
- 37. Best orbit for communications
- 38. Star that can be seen during the day
- 39. Name of the second US space shuttle that met a fiery fate
- 41. The perfect orbit, according the Kepler
- 42. Launch site in California
- 45. The study of earth
- 46. An disease event that occurs over the whole world
- 48. Alaskan island home to the Pacific Spaceport Complex
- 50. Name of the proposed lunar settlement
- 51. Provides 24/7 SATCOM planning and support
- 54. What keeps you grounded
- 55. City where Astronaut John Swigert reported that they'd had a problem on Apollo 13
- 59. Type of orbit that goes against the Earth's natural orbit
- 61. Falls between Mars and Jupiter
- 62. First human to journey into outer space
- 63. The study of space
- 64. Space flight simulation vdeio game
Down
- 1. Shape of antenna that is extremely common allows for passive gain
- 4. The only planet in our solar system to rotate at nearly 90 degrees in relation to it's obital plane
- 5. Items in this are fall into a geosynchronous equitorial orbit
- 6. Launch site in Kazakhstan
- 8. Our galaxy
- 9. Device that converts sunlight into usable energy
- 10. Antenna type that uses half-wave dipoles made of metal rods
- 12. Laws for the modern basis of motion
- 14. Type of orbit that goes with the Earth's natural orbit
- 16. Modular space station in LEO
- 19. Agency of the UN that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies
- 21. Was once considered a planet (and still is in our hearts)
- 24. What is space
- 26. One Mars solar day
- 27. The pseudoscience that claims divine information about humans and life are written in the stars
- 29. Closest point of an orbit to Earth
- 30. Army service academy
- 34. First US astronaut to orbit earth
- 35. Furthest point of an orbit to Earth
- 36. named after the Roman deity, the messenger of the gods
- 39. Once the only known functioing inhabitant of Mars
- 40. First animal to orbit Earth
- 43. Theory that is the basis for modern understanding of orbits
- 44. Subsystem that provides vital communications to and from a spacecraft
- 47. Name of the third US space shuttle
- 49. Donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 52. Sixth branch of the US Military
- 53. Filters out out-of-band noise while amplifying receive range
- 56. Supernatural force, consists of a dark side and light side
- 57. New hotness in Defense satellites
- 58. US agency for the space program and aeronautic/space research
- 60. Defense satellite being phased out due to EOL