Women Take Space

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  1. 4. Propeller-driven aircraft
  2. 5. Russian astronaut and first woman in space
  3. 7. Point in orbit farthest from Earth
  4. 8. European space agency
  5. 10. First private spacecraft to dock with the ISS
  6. 13. The term for the height above sea level
  7. 14. The planet NASA’s Juno spacecraft is studying
  8. 16. Pioneering African American female mathematician at NASA, featured in Hidden Figures
  9. 18. She co-founded Virgin Galactic and was a strong advocate for space tourism
  10. 20. Name of the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
  11. 21. Smallest particles that form stars and planets
  12. 22. Private aerospace company known for reusable rockets
  13. 23. Spacecraft designed to reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land safely
  14. 24. Company behind the New Shepard rocket
Down
  1. 1. Aerospace giant behind the F-35 fighter jet
  2. 2. The force that opposes thrust in aircraft
  3. 3. The study of the motion of air and how it interacts with objects
  4. 6. British-born aerospace engineer, known as the "Mother of the Concorde"
  5. 9. First American woman to fly in space
  6. 11. Layer of the Earth's atmosphere where most commercial planes fly
  7. 12. This telescope revolutionized astronomy with its deep-space images
  8. 15. A spacecraft's main control center
  9. 17. Aerospace engineer and first African American woman astronaut in space
  10. 19. Organization that develops the Artemis lunar missions