Across
- 6. to send something out, such as a spaceship into space
- 8. a person who has been trained for travelling in space
- 9. the fact of an aircraft arriving on the ground
- 11. the job the person has been sent to do
- 12. a cylindrical device that you look through to make objects that are far away look nearer and bigger
- 13. someone who studies astronomy
- 14. an artificial object sent up into space to travel around the earth or natural object moving around a larger object in space
- 16. a piece of rock or other matter from space that has landed on earth
- 17. the force that attracts objects towards one another, especially the force that makes things fall to the ground
Down
- 1. one of many large rocks that circle the sun
- 2. to arrive on the ground or other surface after moving down through the air
- 3. a mixture of gases that surrounds any planet
- 4. the universe considered as a system with an order and pattern
- 5. a vehicle used for travel in space
- 7. everything that exists, esp. all physical matter, including all the stars and planets in space
- 10. to follow a curved path around a planet or star
- 15. a group of people who work together, especially all those who work and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.