Space Race

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  1. 2. Organized spaceflight objective.
  2. 3. Subject in which the Space Race is studied.
  3. 6. Successful accomplishment.
  4. 7. Beginning of a space mission.
  5. 10. Celestial objects observed from space.
  6. 12. Journey through the atmosphere or space.
  7. 13. Person trained to travel in space.
  8. 16. Study and discovery beyond Earth.
  9. 17. American space agency founded in 1958.
  10. 21. Instrument used to observe distant objects.
  11. 23. National feeling inspired by achievements.
  12. 25. Finding new knowledge through exploration.
  13. 27. Yuri ___ became the first human in space.
  14. 29. First name of Kennedy.
  15. 31. Sequence before a rocket launch.
  16. 32. Path followed by an object around a planet.
  17. 33. Field advanced by the Space Race.
  18. 36. Lasting impact of the Space Race.
  19. 38. Monitoring spacecraft during flight.
  20. 40. Small spacecraft carrying astronauts.
  21. 42. President who challenged America to reach the Moon.
  22. 43. Word completing Soviet ___.
  23. 44. First name of Gagarin.
  24. 45. Essential element of space missions.
Down
  1. 1. Program that landed humans on the Moon.
  2. 4. Competition between the United States and Soviet Union in space.
  3. 5. Object placed into orbit around Earth.
  4. 8. Nation that ultimately landed humans on the Moon.
  5. 9. Principle often associated with American space efforts.
  6. 11. Final frontier explored during the Cold War.
  7. 14. What many believed space exploration represented.
  8. 15. Nation that launched the first satellite.
  9. 18. Nation competing to reach space milestones.
  10. 19. Destination of the Apollo missions.
  11. 20. Group of astronauts aboard a spacecraft.
  12. 22. First artificial satellite launched into orbit.
  13. 24. Force affecting space travel.
  14. 26. Vehicle used to reach space.
  15. 28. New technologies created through competition.
  16. 30. Innovations created during the competition.
  17. 34. Planet from which all missions launched.
  18. 35. First American human spaceflight program.
  19. 37. Soviet space traveler.
  20. 39. Program preparing astronauts for moon missions.
  21. 40. Global rivalry that fueled the Space Race.
  22. 41. Exciting journey into the unknown.