Home › Current Events › Space Exploration Milestones

Crossword

Space Exploration Milestones Crossword

Current Events · Hard · 26 plays

Space Exploration Milestones Crossword is a free crossword you can play online in your browser — no login, no app, no download. It has 7 clues (3 across, 4 down) at hard difficulty. Stuck on one? The full answer key is at the bottom of this page.

Jump to the answers

Advertisement
1
2
3
4 5
6
7

Across

  • 3ASoviet satellite that initiated the space race in 1957
  • 6AFacility from which rockets are propelled skyward
  • 7ASpace telescope revolutionizing deep space observations

Down

  • 1DSoviet or Russian space traveler
  • 2DWavelength detected by advanced space telescopes
  • 4DReusable spacecraft that operated from 1981 to 2011
  • 5DFirst human in orbit, April 1961
Show answers for Space Exploration Milestones Crossword

Answers for Space Exploration Milestones Crossword

Spoiler warning — every clue in this puzzle is listed below with its solution.

Across answers

  • 3A Soviet satellite that initiated the space race in 1957 — SPUTNIK (7 letters)
  • 6A Facility from which rockets are propelled skyward — LAUNCHPAD (9 letters)
  • 7A Space telescope revolutionizing deep space observations — HUBBLE (6 letters)

Down answers

  • 1D Soviet or Russian space traveler — COSMONAUT (9 letters)
  • 2D Wavelength detected by advanced space telescopes — INFRARED (8 letters)
  • 4D Reusable spacecraft that operated from 1981 to 2011 — SHUTTLE (7 letters)
  • 5D First human in orbit, April 1961 — GAGARIN (7 letters)
Advertisement