The Great Space Race Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• space race : the contest between the usa and the soviet union to see which country would be the first to conquer space.
• edwin aldrin : one of the two americans who first walked on the moon.
• delay : to make someone or something late
• spacecraft : a vehicle that travels and is used in space; spaceship, rocket.
• space shuttle : a spacecraft designed to carry astronauts into space and back to earth.
• neil armstrong : one of the two americans who first walked on the moon.
• orbit : to circle around something
• alan shepard : the first american in space.
• conquer : to defeat or take control of
• triumphant : to be successful or victorious
• nations : another name for countries.
• satellite : a man-made moon that sends radio signals to earth.
• spacesuit : the protective covering that an astronaut wears in space.
• launch : to send off a rocket into space; to put a boat or ship into the water
• moon : the first place in the solar system in which spaceships have landed and astronauts have walked
• space age : the time period in which countries were sending astronauts into space and competing with each other to discover space
• data : information or facts
• yuri gagarin : the first soviet astronaut to circle the earth.
• space station : a spacecraft large enough for a crew of astronauts to live in for long periods of time.
• astronaut : a man or woman who goes into space