| FLY | ___ Me to the Moon1964 Frank Sinatra song closely associated with the Apollo missions to the moon |
| BRYANCRANSTON | Breaking Bad actor who played real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon: 2 wds. |
| SURVEYOR | Any of a series of seven uncrewed U.S. space probes sent to the Moon between 1966 and 1968 to photograph and study the lunar surface. (8) |
| MISSIONS | My boys go to the moon only to find the weather there inclement (8) |
| CLEOPATRA | "___ lived closer in time to the moon landing than she did to the Pyramids of Giza" (pub fact) |
| CHANNINGTATUM | "Fly Me to the Moon" star (... the first two letters and the last two) |
| LUNAR | Adjective that relates to the Moon and its revolutions; or, alluding to said natural satellite's apparent argentine shine, the metal silver (5) |
| OUTSHINE | Oi! The sun is crazy to do this to the moon (8) |
| VERNE | "From the Earth to the Moon" writer |
| ALICE | "To the moon, ___!" ("The Honeymooners" phrase) |
| ARTEMIS | NASA program to return to the moon |
| SATELLITEWISH | Irrational urge to go to the moon? |
| ORALB | First toothbrush to go to the moon |
| NASA | Org. in "From the Earth to the Moon" |
| KENNEDY | This US president challenged NASA to achieve a manned mission to the moon - he was assassinated four |
| SEP | Mo. in 1962 in which J.F.K. gave his "We choose to go to the moon" speech |
| SPYSATELLITE | Gathering intelligence around the earth for a gent going to The Moon (3,9) |
| ODETS | Clifford -; dramatist who wrote the plays Waiting for Lefty, Golden Boy and Rocket to the Moon (5) |
| COLUMBIA | Command module on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 (8) |
| LUNA | ___ moth, a large, pale green saturniid of North America, or any of a series of Soviet probes to the Moon from 1959 to 1976 (4) |
