Space Exploration

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Across
  1. 2. a huge collection of stars and their solar systems
  2. 4. the condition where gravity is very slight
  3. 6. a vehicle that lands on the surface of another celestial body
  4. 7. a space mission where the spacecraft passes close to a planet but doesn't land
  5. 10. any planet outside our solar system
  6. 11. the loose rock and dust on top of a layer of bedrock
  7. 12. a metal that is made of two or more elements
  8. 14. a place that has the elements needed to sustain life
Down
  1. 1. the weight that a vehicle must carry
  2. 3. small rocky objects that orbit a star
  3. 5. the curved path of a satellite around a celestial body
  4. 8. of or related to a moon
  5. 9. a group of stars which often look like a particular shape
  6. 13. any object that moves around a larger object