Across
- 2. A missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine.
- 5. Eruptions in the outer part of the Sun’s atmosphere.
- 8. A person that travels and works in space.
- 10. When our view of one object in the sky is blocked by either another object or the Earth’s shadow.
- 13. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 14. A region of the Earth’s atmosphere.
- 16. A small, frozen mass of dust and gas orbiting the sun.
- 18. The point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.
- 20. A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
Down
- 1. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
- 3. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- 4. The line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.
- 6. The amount of time it takes for the Earth to spin once on its axis.
- 7. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.
- 9. Allows people to look into space and see everything much bigger, and to observe the planets.
- 11. To change or cause to change into vapour or into the gaseous state.
- 12. A huge glowing ball of gas in outer space.
- 15. In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by humans.
- 17. A meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere, usually making a bright streak of light in the sky.
- 19. The edge of any object in outer space.