Space Exploration Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the largest rocket ever made (Bill Nye)
  2. 4. the first and most famous telescope to be launched into orbit in 1990
  3. 6. the scientist who built the first telescope*
  4. 9. the first space shuttle launched into space by NASA in 1981*
  5. 10. an un-crewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets and other bodies in space
  6. 13. the first US astronaut sent into space in 1961 (part 2)
  7. 14. the mission that put the first man on the moon in 1969 (part 2)
  8. 15. optical instrument that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
Down
  1. 1. reusable space vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
  2. 2. the first satellite sent to space in 1957 by the Soviet Union (part 2)
  3. 3. a long-term orbiting platform where scientists can live and work in space.
  4. 5. the very first tool used for space exploration (Bill Nye)
  5. 7. a machine that uses escaping gas to move
  6. 8. the acronym of National Aeronautics & Space Administration
  7. 11. the first satellite launched into orbit by the US in 1958*
  8. 12. unmanned spacecraft put into orbit around the Earth