| EARLYBIRD | Nickname of Intelsat 1 which was launched on April 6, 1965 (5,4) |
| TIANGONG | Name for any of a series of three Chinese space stations, the first of which was launched on September 29, 2011. (8) |
| RAVIOLI | King has an old stringed instrument, one which was created with Italian gut in mind |
| ATTAINED | Ned went after a 'Abstainer A-one' which was successfully achieved (8) |
| YURIGAGARIN | Pilot of the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1, which made the first manned space flight on April 12 1961 (4,7) |
| SOYUZ | Any of a series of Russian spacecraft, such as --- 1, which crash-landed on return to earth in 1967 (5) |
| FORMLETTERS | Debate #1: Which characters should I use when answering "Sex:" on a questionnaire? |
| OPERATION | Codename for the Battle of Normandy. launched on 6 June (9.8) |
| ALBERTMVUMBI | ANC president when uMkhonto we izwe was launched on December 16 1961, _ _ Luthuli (6,6) |
| ORTANIQUE | Fruit that's yellow and brown: one which comes from France (9) |
| ESTAMINET | A small cafe, originally one which allowed smoking |
| THIRTEEN | Apollo mission launched on April 11, 1970 (8) |
| EAGLE | British comic for boys launched on April 14, 1950 (5) |
| GMAIL | Service launched on April Fool's Day in 2004 |
| TAXYEAR | Twelve-month period beginning on April 6 (3,4) |
| AXISOFEVIL | "All-out war was launched on the graph today when the ___ attacked" |
| MSN | It was launched on the same day as Windows 95 |
| EURO | International currency that was launched on 1st January 1999 |
| OPRAH | ___ Winfrey Network cable channel that was launched on 1st January 2011 |
| FINANCIALYEAR | What starts on April 6 |
