Space

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A collection of star systems (6)
  2. 3. The month following February and preceding April (plural) (4)
  3. 5. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers (7)
  4. 8. A ___ designed to carry a crew into interstellar ___ (9)
  5. 9. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)
  6. 12. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
  7. 13. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles (6)
  8. 14. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (6)
  9. 15. The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere (5)

Down

  1. 1. The planet we live on (5)
  2. 2. Any of the four outermost planets in the solar system (8)
  3. 4. Twinkling lights in the night sky (5)
  4. 6. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (7)
  5. 7. The galaxy containing the solar system (8)
  6. 10. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (7)
  7. 11. The second nearest planet to the sun (5)