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First in Space Crossword

For millennia, humanity was grounded on Earth, only able to study the vastness of the Universe with our eyes. However in the 20th Century, we made our first forays into the depths of space, finally reaching above the thin atmosphere at the Garmin line. We progressed to placing satellites and humans into orbit above the planet, then to making bootprints on the Moon from 1969 through 1972 with the Apollo Missions. Since those historic ventures, the nations of Earth have sent probes to study all the planets of the solar system, many of their moons, the Sun as well as asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets. We have even managed to send twin spacecraft beyond the heliopause and into interstellar space. 

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A single-page, tabloid-size PDF is also available for download.

Should you get stuck, or want to check your solution, here is the Answer Key.

Author

  • Chase is the founder of RocketSTEM and serves as the magazine's first managing editor. He previously worked as a reporter/photographer/editor for a variety of Midwestern newspapers for a decade, as well as working as a graphic designer for a handful of professional sports and lifestyle magazines, before stepping away to become a 'certified' Rocket Hobo. He's witnessed a dozen launches in person, and was honored to be one of the last civilians to be allowed aboard Endeavour's cockpit while the Space Shuttle was still running under its own power.
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