SPACE CADETS

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Across
  1. 1. the planet in the solar system that is fourth in order of distance from the sun, between the Earth and Jupiter
  2. 4. a vehicle that travels in space, carrying people
  3. 6. belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past; opposite: "modern"
  4. 7. bands of coloured light, mainly green and red, that are sometimes seen in the sky at night in the most northern countries of the world
  5. 10. a piece of equipment like a tube in shape, containing lenses, that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer
  6. 11. the study of the positions of the stars and the movements of the planets in the belief that they influence human affairs
  7. 12. to organize and/or do a particular activity
Down
  1. 1. a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky as it burns up while falling through the earth’s atmosphere
  2. 2. the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars
  3. 3. in the form of a liquid; not a solid or a gas; opposite: "solid"
  4. 4. a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night
  5. 5. to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use
  6. 8. a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
  7. 9. a group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name