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SOLARCALENDARNASA corralled into schedule based on earth's orbit
ROISTERParty, hard one to fit into schedule
UTTime standard based on Earth's rotation; abbr. (2)
SEAMILEMeasure based on Earth's circumference
SKYLABThe first U.S. space station, launched into Earth orbit on May 14, 1973. In July 1979 it entered the atmosphere, broke up, and scattered debris over the southeastern Indian Ocean and western Australia
SPACESHUTTLEAny of a series of reusable vehicles that can be launched into earth orbit before re-entry and an unpowered landing on a runway (5,7)
GEOLOGICBased on earth science
TENNumber of Gemini missions that put astronauts into earth orbit
PENINKeep corralled, on a ranch
SPACECAPSULEPart of a craft designed to be separated and survive re-entry into the Earth's orbit (5,7)
SOLARYEARDuration of the Earth's orbit
SUNCentre of Earth's orbit
ELLIPSEEarth's orbit, e.g.
LEOConstellation starts leaving earth's orbit (3)
MOOLow object in Earth's orbit seen briefly (3)
DEEPSPACETerm generally used for areas far beyond Earth's orbit (4,5)
OVALShape of Earth's orbit
SHUTTLEA reusable US space vehicle that was launched into Earth orbit, transporting astronauts and equipment (7)
SATURNFIVENASA's only rocket ever to launch humans beyond a low-earth orbit, used in every Apollo mission
ENOSFirst chimpanzee to achieve Earth orbit