Across
- 2. a broad luminous irregular band of light that stretches completely around the celestial sphere
- 4. fixed a luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
- 6. a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft
- 10. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
- 11. a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal
- 12. the star around which the earth orbit
- 14. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
- 15. coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape
- 18. a vehicle for exploring the surface of a planet or moon
- 19. the science and technology of human space travel and exploration
- 20. has a collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
Down
- 1. a power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas
- 3. the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world
- 5. the action of rotating around an axis or center
- 7. the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained
- 8. the science or practice of travel through the air
- 9. start or set in motion
- 12. shuttle a rocket-launched spacecraft, able to land like a powered aircraft, used to make repeated journeys between the earth and earth orbit.
- 13. glider designed for sustained flight
- 16. the basic unit of a chemical element
- 17. engineers evaluate designs to see that the products meet engineering principles.