Across
- 4. The first British astronaut (5,7)
- 8. The most recent British man to go in to space (3,5)
- 9. A natural satellite that orbits a planet (4)
- 10. Smallest planet, closest to the sun (7)
- 14. The star at the centre of our solar system (3)
- 15. A vehicle used to transport humans, technology or other things in to space (6)
- 16. The planet named after the Roman God of the sea (7)
- 18. A person trained to serve as a crew member of a space craft (9)
- 20. An instrument used to view stars and other objects in space from Earth (9)
Down
- 1. Small rocky objects that orbit the sun (9)
- 2. gravitationally bound system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter, and a chocolate bar (6)
- 3. A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it. (5,4)
- 5. The third closest planet to the sun (5)
- 6. The biggest planet (7)
- 7. Acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the American space agency (4)
- 11. A group of stars which forms an outline or pattern, usually of an animal, person or creature (13)
- 12. Astronomical objects made of plasma which hold themselves together with the force of their own gravity (4)
- 13. City in the Midlands which has the National Space Centre (9)
- 17. The planet known for its large, icy rings (6)
- 19. The number of moons that Mars has (3)