| CAPECANAVERAL | Florida headland used for rocket launches since the 19505 (4,9) |
| MOONSHOTS | Doctor, working with hosts, prepared for rocket launches (9) |
| GANTRIES | Framework towers for rocket launches (8) |
| CHARTS | Nautical maps such as those prepared by Captain James Cook that were later used by Sir David Attenborough in the 19505 when he sailed the Great Barrier Reef (6) |
| REEVES | Actor who played the title role in the 19505 show The Adventures Of Superman, George _ (6) |
| TRUMBO | Dalton, screenwriter who was one of the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted in the 19505 (6) |
| KENTON | Stan. American composer and pianist associated with the big band 'progressive' jazz style of the 19505 (6) |
| DEANMARTIN | Singer, actor and comedian who was a member of the Rat Pack in the 19505 and 19605 (4,6) |
| ARTBLAKEY | American jazz drummer and bandleader who formed the Jazz Messengers with Horace Silver in the 19505 (3,6) |
| MAUMAU | Militant African nationalist movement that originated in Kenya in the 19505 (3,3) |
| DOOWOP | Music genre popular in the 19505 |
| HOVERCRAFT | Vehicle invented by English engineer Christopher Cockerell in the 19505 (10) |
| ROCKANDROLL | Type of dance music originating in the 19505 (4.3.4) |
| PHONO | Singles player in the 19505 |
| MAHIA | Peninsula which is the site of New Zealand's space rocket launches (5) |
| LIFTOFF | The moment a rocket launches (4,3) |
| LIFTOFFS | Rocket launches |
| NASATV | Channel showing rocket launches |
| LAUNCHPAD | A cracking place for meal, perhaps for rocket starter? |
| RUCOLA | Another name for rocket, as used in cooking |
