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  1. 2. David Bowie song featuring Major Tom
  2. 9. A walk performed on the surface of the Moon
  3. 11. David Bowie song about a visitor from space
  4. 12. NASA program focused on returning humans to the Moon
  5. 15. Instrument used to see distant objects in space
  6. 16. NASA program that sent astronauts to the Moon
  7. 17. The Red Planet
  8. 18. Earth’s natural satellite
  9. 21. Short name for the James Webb Space Telescope
  10. 24. Competition between the United States and Soviet Union to reach space milestones
  11. 26. Movie about an astronaut stranded on Mars
  12. 29. A creature from another world in science fiction
  13. 32. Team that monitors and directs a space mission
  14. 34. Unidentified Flying Object
  15. 35. Movie franchise featuring Jedi and the Force
  16. 36. Famous computer from the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey
  17. 40. European Space Agency, abbreviated
  18. 41. A person trained to travel into space
  19. 43. The force that keeps us on Earth
  20. 45. Vehicle used to carry spacecraft into space
  21. 46. Name of the Apollo 11 lunar module
  22. 47. The planet we call home
  23. 48. Planet famous for its beautiful rings
  24. 50. The Police song with a lunar title
  25. 51. Special suit worn by astronauts in space
  26. 54. An object that orbits a planet or other body
  27. 55. Space telescope that studies distant objects and galaxies
  28. 57. A region of space with gravity so strong that light cannot escape
  29. 58. Classic Frank Sinatra song about traveling to the Moon
  30. 60. A spacecraft where astronauts can live and work
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  1. 1. Science-fiction franchise featuring the USS Enterprise
  2. 3. Name of the Apollo 11 command module
  3. 4. Large cloud of gas and dust in space
  4. 5. NASA spacecraft that explored the outer planets
  5. 6. A recognizable pattern of stars in the night sky
  6. 7. Abbreviation for the International Space Station
  7. 8. The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
  8. 10. A huge collection of stars, gas, and dust
  9. 13. When one space object moves into the shadow of another
  10. 14. The farthest major planet from the Sun
  11. 19. Science-fiction movie starring Matthew McConaughey
  12. 20. NASA program that came before Apollo
  13. 22. Friendly extraterrestrial character from a classic movie
  14. 23. Blue-green planet that rotates on its side
  15. 25. Fictional astronaut from David Bowie songs
  16. 27. Space rock that burns brightly in Earth’s atmosphere
  17. 28. Planet known for having the hottest surface
  18. 30. First person to walk on the Moon
  19. 31. Space Shuttle that made ten successful missions
  20. 33. The path an object follows around a planet or star
  21. 34. Everything that exists, including all space, stars, and planets
  22. 37. The galaxy containing our solar system
  23. 38. The U.S. agency responsible for space exploration
  24. 39. Elton John song about an astronaut
  25. 42. Rocky object that travels around the Sun
  26. 44. The act of sending a rocket or spacecraft into space
  27. 49. Science-fiction television series about a family traveling through space
  28. 52. Dwarf planet once considered the ninth planet
  29. 53. The largest planet in our solar system
  30. 56. Icy space object known for its glowing tail
  31. 59. Famous space telescope named after an astronomer