Across
- 2. – A vehicle designed for travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere
- 4. – A streak of light caused by a space rock burning in the atmosphere
- 7. – A vehicle that uses thrust to travel into space
- 11. – A large body orbiting a star, not producing its own light
- 12. – An object placed in orbit to collect data or enable communication
- 13. – The universe seen as a well-ordered whole
- 15. – A giant cloud of gas and dust in space where stars are born
Down
- 1. – A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter
- 3. – A person trained to travel and work in space
- 5. – The curved path an object follows around a star or planet
- 6. – An instrument used to observe distant objects in space
- 8. – A space object made of ice and dust that forms a glowing tail when near the Sun
- 9. – The explosive death of a massive star
- 10. – A massive system of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity
- 14. – A giant ball of hot gases that produces light and heat
