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Across
  1. 3. The planet closest to Earth in size, named after the goddess of love
  2. 5. Small ice body with a bright tail
  3. 8. Objects sent into space to orbit Earth
  4. 9. Vehicle for sending people and equipment into space, SRE mascot
  5. 10. Planet known for its rings
  6. 12. The only planet known to have life on it
  7. 16. solar _______, When the moon is in between the sun and Earth
  8. 19. Closest planet to the sun
  9. 21. The red planet
  10. 23. Unit of time for when Earth completes one rotation around the Sun
  11. 24. BONUS: Name of the NASA program to land a person on the moon
Down
  1. 1. Blue planet furthest from the sun
  2. 2. Name for a spacecraft crew member, like Armstrong or Aldrin
  3. 4. Largest planet in the solar system
  4. 6. Unit of time for when Earth completes one axis rotation
  5. 7. Strong gravitational object named because no light escapes it
  6. 11. U.S. government space organization
  7. 13. The galaxy of the solar system
  8. 14. Like the Milky Way; collection of stars that are rotating around an axis
  9. 15. Potential reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs, space rock that hits Earth
  10. 17. Dwarf planet
  11. 18. Bright sphere of plasma like Sirius, Polaris, or Canopus
  12. 20. Third-largest planet, with an odd axial tilt
  13. 21. What astronauts landed on in 1969
  14. 22. The star of the solar system