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- 1. Mission resulting in successful keeping of humans on the ISS since 2000
- 8. Network of bodies that orbit Sol
- 9. First successful Mars lander in 1976
- 11. Jupiter's natural satellite and largest orbiting Sol
- 13. North region
- 16. Path of Earth's orbit around Sol
- 17. Eighth and most dense planet of Sol
- 21. Galaxy formation of oval shape
- 27. Smaller of two natural satellites orbiting Mars
- 29. Tool used to see faraway objects
- 30. Third planet of Sol and our home
- 31. The sun of our solar system
- 32. Jupiter's third largest natural satellite
- 33. Russian space mission to Venus set to be launched in 2029
- 37. Unit, Distance between center of Earth and center of Sol
- 38. Soviet artificial satellites and first launched into orbit in October 1957
- 39. South region
- 41. Global Surveyor, United States space probe launched in 1996 to globally map Mars
- 42. United States robotic space probe launched 1989 to study Jupiter and its moons
- 47. Device that uses the reverberation of radio waves to sense objects
- 48. Space Station, Intergovernmental establishment in orbit of Earth comprised of modules
- 50. Communication using electromagnetic waves between 30 hertz and 300 gigahertz
- 51. First Mars rover and first wheeled vehicle on another planet that landed in 1997
- 52. Celestial object small and rocky
- 53. dwarf planet in the Kipper Belt orbiting Sol
- 55. Clouds of dust and gas occupying space
- 56. Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010
- 58. Soviet crewed spacecraft resulting Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space
- 61. Empty space
- 64. Galaxy formation of one or more arms
- 66. Building housing an astronomical telescope
- 69. Building with interior that projects the night sky
- 71. Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn
- 72. Jupiter's second largest natural satellite
- 74. Galaxy formation of no distinct shape
- 76. Earth's natural satellite
- 78. Repeating path of an object around another
- 79. Uranus's largest natural satellite
- 80. Colloquial grouping of stars on the celestial sphere
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- 2. Larger of two natural satellites orbiting Mars
- 3. Failed space shuttle resulting in death of 7 crew members in 1986
- 4. Fourth planet of Sol and second smallest
- 5. Occurring twice a year and is when the sun crosses the celestial equator resulting in day and night to be approximate in length
- 6. Eye, Visual perception without use of assisting factors
- 7. Gravity bound system of stars, planets, gas, dust and dark matter
- 10. retired space shuttle that was created after Challenger
- 12. Phases, Shape of Luna's sunlit portion
- 14. United States space probe launched in 1972 passing Jupiter and first to leave our solar system
- 15. Saturn's third largest natural satellite
- 18. First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit
- 19. Space probes launched to photograph and study interplanetary matter of Mars and Venus
- 20. Smallest and closest planet with shortest orbit of Sol
- 22. Soviet program that sent spacecraft to our moon for study
- 23. Saturn's second largest natural satellite
- 24. Rover that landed on Mars in 2012
- 25. point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up
- 26. Sphere, imaginary sphere around the observer on which celestial objects appear to lie
- 28. Lab, First United States space station launched in 1973
- 31. Occurring twice a year and is when the sun reaches maximum or minimum declination resulting in the longest and shortest days
- 34. Astronomy, traditional practice of observing the sky for time and navigation
- 35. Area on celestial sphere representing perceived outline or pattern of stars
- 36. NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus
- 40. Celestial object of ice and dust
- 43. NASA program beginning in 1992 to improve understanding of our solar system
- 44. Sixth planet of Sol and second largest
- 45. United States un-crewed space mission in the 1960s to take close photos of Luna
- 46. Motion, Yearly movement of stars on the celestial sphere
- 49. Third United States spaceflight program resulting in the first humans on Luna
- 54. Jupiter's smallest natural satellite
- 57. robotic lunar rovers made by the Soviets during the Moon race
- 59. Four divisions of Earth's orbit around Sol marking changes in weather and daylight hours
- 60. Fifth planet of Sol and largest
- 61. Second planet of Sol and brightest object in Earth's night sky
- 62. Saturn's largest natural satellite
- 63. Robotic interstellar probes launched in 1977 to collect data of Jupiter and Saturn
- 65. Seventh planet of Sol and first planet discovered by telescope
- 67. Shuttle, Comprising of two solid rocket boosters, one external tank and an orbiter (or space-plane)
- 68. Airborne Observatory, Aka KAO jet used by NASA for infrared astronomy
- 70. Pathfinder, United States robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1997
- 71. Largest natural satellite of Pluto
- 73. Neptune's largest natural satellite
- 75. Curie, Sojourner's flight spare
- 77. Fixed points in the night sky of object similar to Sol