Space Race

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 3. - First artificial Earth satellite (1957)
  2. 4. - First animal in space, a Soviet dog
  3. 5. - First U.S. human spaceflight program
  4. 8. one-word answers and clues should make for an engaging crossword puzzle on the topic of the Space Race.
  5. 10. - First human in space, Yuri ___ (1961)
  6. 11. - Returning safely to Earth's surface
  7. 14. - Relating to the moon
  8. 15. - Russian spacecraft series
Down
  1. 1. - Moon landing program
  2. 2. - Launch of a rocket
  3. 3. - Rocket used in Apollo missions
  4. 6. - Russian astronaut
  5. 7. - U.S. president who initiated the Moon mission
  6. 9. - Extravehicular activity in space
  7. 12. - U.S. space agency
  8. 13. - The path of a space object around a celestial body