Space Travel & Exploration

1. a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, aimed at achieving significant milestones in space exploration and technology
2. First human in space
5. A robotic vehicle designed to explore a planet’s surface
7. A machine placed in orbit around Earth or another body to collect data or relay signals.
8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
12. Holds the record for the most time spent in space by an American astronaut.
14. said galaxies exist beyond our Milky Way
15. First person to walk on the Moon
17. the minimum speed an object must have to break free from the gravitational pull of a celestial body without needing further propulsion

1. A reusable spacecraft used by NASA from 1981–2011.
3. A large orbiting laboratory where astronauts live and work.
4. An unmanned spacecraft that travels beyond Earth to study planets or deep space.
6. First American woman in space (1983).
9. A small spacecraft designed to carry astronauts
10. First African American woman in space (1992).
11. Second man on the Moon, Apollo 11 astronaut.
13. the distance light travels in one year (about 6 trillion miles).
16. A vehicle that propels itself into space using powerful engines.