Across
- 2. A fixed or adjustable vane or airfoil affixed longitudinally to an aerodynamically or ballistically designed body for stabilizing purposes.
- 3. A vehicle for driving over rough terrain.
- 6. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
- 7. A vector quantity that includes the speed and direction of an object.
- 8. A chemical mixture that is burned to produce thrust.
- 10. A rille. Rilles are usually named for the craters they are close to. Example: Rima Cavendish is a rille that runs near the Cavendish crater.
- 12. The mechanical coupling of two or more human-made orbiting objects
- 15. The informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch unmanned satellites, send people into space, and land them on the Moon.
- 16. A path described by one body in its revolution about
- 17. Fine, greyish dust and soil that covers the surface of the moon. Formed by constant pounding of the surface by impacts, the regolith can be between 2 meters and 20 meters deep.
Down
- 1. A state of very weak gravity.
- 4. A condition in which no acceleration from gravity or other force can be detected. Zero gravity.
- 5. A vehicle designed for space flight.
- 9. The path of an object moving through space.
- 11. A long, narrow valley on the surface of the moon. These grooves or channels can be several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers long.
- 13. The science of getting ships, aircraft, or spacecraft from place to place.
- 14. Fine, greyish dust and soil that covers the surface of the moon. Formed by constant pounding of the surface by impacts, the regolith can be between 2 meters and 20 meters deep.