Space Race

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Across
  1. 4. first human in space, a Soviet cosmonaut.
  2. 7. first crewed lunar landing, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
  3. 8. which lunar mission got struck by lightning
  4. 10. first artificial satellite launched by the USSR, initiating the Space Race
  5. 13. president who founded NASA
  6. 14. a competition that occurred between the two countries to develop space technologies
Down
  1. 1. two astronauts at a time.This second US manned space project used a two seat capsul
  2. 2. the first landing on the Moon.
  3. 3. First living creature to orbit Earth, soon died
  4. 5. became the first woman to go to space in 1963
  5. 6. The U.S. program that culminated in the first manned lunar landing.
  6. 8. First American in space
  7. 9. the NASA astronaut who spent 534 days in space
  8. 11. cosmonauts
  9. 12. First NASA mission to get people into space