| 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 |
| AUDITS | Government probes, of sorts |
| LUNA | Which Soviet moon probes were launched between 1959 and 1976? (4) |
| 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 took photographs of Mars and Venus (7) |
| 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 |
| VOYAGER | Either of two unmanned US space probes launched in 1977 to study the planets of the outer solar system (7) |
| PENROSE | Jonathan, winner of the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969 (7) |
| CARRYON | A series of 31 British comedy films released between 1958 and 1978 (5,2) |
| REALIST | The _. New York-based satirical magazine published between 1958 and 2001 (7) |
| SPUTNIK | Name shared by three USSR satellites launched between 1957 and 1958 (7) |
| THEBAND | Canadian-American rock band known as the Hawks between 1958 and 1953 (3,4) |
| FLEABAG | In which series did Andrew Scott play a 'hot priest'? (7) |
| GOUACHE | Henri Matisse's Blue Nudes series were produced in this artistic medium |
| REDHOTS | These spicy little candies were launched in the 1930's by Ferrara-Pan |
| AIRBAGS | What vehicle safety feature was patented in 1973? (3,4) |
| TIMELAG | Feature of communication with space probes |
| VERYFAR | How successful people and space probes go |
| SALYUT | Which series of seven Soviet space stations was launched between 1971 and 1982? (6) |
