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