Across
- 1. race, competition between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 60s to be the first to explore space
- 5. turn or cause to turn quickly
- 8. an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- 9. , a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. (ex : The Milky Way)
- 11. a creature from a different planet
- 12. , an important job that someone is sent somewhere to do
- 14. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit round a star.
- 16. , a usually tubular optical instrument for viewing distant objects
- 19. a person who has been trained for travelling in space
Down
- 1. a vehicle used for travel in space (also known as spacecraft or rocket)
- 2. the force that attracts objects towards one another, makes objects fall toward the earth, or toward some other large object such as a planet or a star
- 3. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.
- 4. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 6. , It stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration: the US government organization that is responsible for space travel and the scientific study of space
- 7. move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre
- 8. a natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night
- 10. It stands for unidentified flying object: an object seen in the sky that is thought to be a spacecraft from another planet
- 13. conquest , the act of conquering the empty area outside Earth's atmosphere, where the planets and the stars are
- 15. an object that moves around the sun, usually at a great distance from it, that is seen on rare occasions from the earth as a bright line in the sky
- 17. system , the sun and the group of planets that move around it
- 18. one of many large rocks that circle the sun