Let’s do the
Space Station Crossword Puzzle!
Use the words in the Word Bank below to solve the clues and complete the
puzzle! Page 10 has information that can help!
Word Bank
(Hint: Cross words off the list below as you use them
Across
1. Country that makes the giant robotic arm
for the Space Station
5. Name of Japanese module; it means
‘hope’
7. What the ‘X’ stands for in JAXA
(hint: it stands for the rst sound of
the word, not the letter it begins with)
8. The part of the Station that turns sunlight
into electricity
10. The name of the Russian cargo spaceship
12. The rst American spaceship to visit the
Space Station since the Shuttle was retired
15. Place where experiments are conducted
16. Special module astronauts use to exit and
enter the Station for spacewalks
18. Russian word for space traveler
20. Russian spacecraft that takes astronauts
to Station and brings them back again;
it means ‘union’
21. Name of the Russian module that controls
the Russian part of Station; it means ‘star’
Down
2. American word for space traveler
3. Nearly gravity-free environment in which
experiments are conducted on the Station
4. The rst piece of the Station launched into
orbit; it means ‘dawn’ in Russian
6. The name given to the American laboratory
9. Experiments conducted on Station to learn
about life, the Earth, and the universe
11. The part of the Station that releases heat
to the coldness of space so Station doesn’t
get too hot
13. What the ‘A’ stands for in the name of the
European cargo spaceship
14. The name given to the European laboratory
17. The module with special windows for looking
at the Earth and out into space
18. This American spacecraft delivers only cargo
– not astronauts – to Station
19. Giant beam that connects the solar arrays
and radiators to the rest of Station
in the puzzle above)
AIRLOCK
ARRAY
ASTRONAUT
AUTOMATED
CANADA
COLUMBUS
COSMONAUT
CUPOLA
CYGNUS
DESTINY
DRAGON
EXPLORATION
KIBO
LABORATORY
MICROGRAVITY
PROGRESS
RADIATOR
RESEARCH
SOYUZ
TRUSS
ZARYA
ZVEZDA
(Solution on page 33)
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