| LAIKA | Name of the first animal to be launched into orbit |
| ENOS | Chimpanzee that was the first to be launched into orbit, in 1961 |
| AARDVARK | The first animal to be entered in the dictionary? |
| SHUTTLE | Columbia was the first one to be launched into space (7) |
| AARDVARKS | The first animals to be included in the dictionary? |
| DOG | What was the first animal to orbit the Earth? (3) |
| SPACESHUTTLE | Any 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) |
| SATELLITES | Sputnik 1 launched into orbit by Russia in 1957 was the first of many such space craft |
| TELSTAR | Phone celebrity launched into orbit in the early 1960s |
| HUBBLETELESCOPE | Optical instrument launched into orbit round earth in 1990 (6,9) |
| HUBBLE | _ Space Telescope; launched into orbit in 1990 (6) |
| JOHANNSEBASTIANBACH | 1721: ___ presents his Brandenburg Concertos, a partial recording of which would one day be launched into space on the Voyager Golden Record |
| STAR | It was programmed on screen to be launched by the 16th, in '66. (4,4) |
| TEEN | It was programmed on screen to be launched by the 16th, in '66. (4,4) |
| NEWARK | Ship ready to be launched possibly in US port |
| ROADSTER | Original Tesla model with an allegedly soon-to-be-launched second generation |
| CARCASS | The dead body of an animal to be used as meat (7) |
| SKYLAB | The 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 |
| CAPECANAVERAL | Site of the US Air Force Missile Test Centre in Florida from which the majority of US space missions have been launched (4,9) |
| BAIT | Something used to lure an animal to be captured (4) |
