Across
- 2. strong cloth-backed waterproof adhesive tape
- 7. The Martian book protagonist
- 9. a control compartment of a spacecraft
- 10. traveling between planets
- 11. the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System
- 13. the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 14. a void of nothingness, as in parts of outer space
- 15. Mars Ascent Vehicle
- 16. a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- 17. third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest planet in the solar system in terms of size and mass
- 19. the third human mission to Mars
- 20. a day experienced on Mars, as opposed to on earth
Down
- 1. the scientific study of forms and transfers of energy
- 3. the crew transport spacecraft of the Ares Program, built to transport astronauts from Earth to Mars orbit and back
- 4. the release of energy caused by particulate decay
- 5. the Chinese National Space Administration
- 6. Mars Descent Vehicle
- 8. the scientific study of plants and their structures
- 12. a vehicle for exploring the surface of a planet or moon
- 18. NASA's portable, collapsible Martian "colony," where Watney lives and works