Space Exploration

3. First American woman in space
4. A Soviet who is trained to travel into outer space
8. first space station designed for long term use
13. First American in space
17. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
18. A vehicle sponsored by sixteen nations that circles the earth while carrying out experiments
19. Missions designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to earth.
20. First dog in space

1. First woman in space
2. An American who is trained to travel into outer space
5. Mission whose objective was to develop space travel techniques to support Apollo's mission to land astronauts on the Moon.
6. First U.S. space station to orbit Earth.
7. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
9. A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
10. Missions to get the first humans into space.
11. A spacecraft that can carry a crew into space, return to Earth, and then be reused for the same purpose
12. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
14. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
15. The Chinese counterpart to an astronaut
16. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962