| PIONEER | US space probes of which series were launched between 1958 and 1973? (7) |
| EXPLORER | Name for the first space satellite orbited by the United States, in 1958, and any of the largest series of uncrewed U.S. spacecraft, consisting of 55 scientific satellites launched between 1958 and 19 |
| LUNA | Which Soviet moon probes were launched between 1959 and 1976? (4) |
| AUDITS | Government probes, of sorts |
| TURGENEV | Russian writer launching press probe of 4-down, perversely (8) |
| MARINER | Any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that sent back photographs of Mars and Venus |
| SALYUT | Which series of seven Soviet space stations was launched between 1971 and 1982? (6) |
| CARRYON | A series of 31 British comedy films released between 1958 and 1978 (5,2) |
| LANDSAT | The byname of Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), any of a series of uncrewed U.S. scientific satellites, the first of which were launched in 1972, 1975, and 1978 to collect information about |
| PENROSE | Jonathan, winner of the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969 (7) |
| VOYAGER | Either of two unmanned US space probes launched in 1977 to study the planets of the outer solar system (7) |
| VIKING | Name of two US space probes which landed on Mars in 1976 (6) |
| ARNOLDPALMER | Golfer who had four Masters wins between 1958 and 1964: 2 wds. |
| FARINA | The Austin A40 made between 1958 and 1967 (6) |
| PALMER | His seven Major victories came between 1958 and 1964 (6) |
| ISARS | Glas models produced between 1958 and 1965 (5) |
| REALIST | The _. New York-based satirical magazine published between 1958 and 2001 (7) |
| THEBAND | Canadian-American rock band known as the Hawks between 1958 and 1953 (3,4) |
| PHANTOMS | Long-range, supersonic fighter bombers produced between 1958 and 1981 for the U.S. Navy (8) |
| APOLLO | Which series of manned US spacecraft explored the moon and surrounding space in the 1960s? (6) |
