International Space Station Activity Sheets Page 13

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Let’s do the
Space Station Crossword Puzzle!
Use the words in the Word Bank below to solve the clues and complete the
puzzle! Page 10 has information that can help!
Across
1. Country that makes the giant robotic arm
for the Space Station
5. Name of Japanese module; it means
‘hope’
7. What the ‘X’ stands for in JAXA
(hint: it stands for the first sound of
the word, not the letter it begins with)
8. The part of the Station that turns sunlight
into electricity
10. The name of the Russian cargo spaceship
12. The first American spaceship to visit the
Space Station since the Shuttle was retired
15. Place where experiments are conducted
16. Special module astronauts use to exit and
enter the Station for spacewalks
18. Russian word for space traveler
20. Russian spacecraft that takes astronauts
to Station and brings them back again;
it means ‘union’
21. Name of the Russian module that controls
the Russian part of Station; it means ‘star’
Down
Word Bank
2. American word for space traveler
(Hint: Cross words off the list below as you use them
3. Nearly gravity-free environment in which
in the puzzle above)
experiments are conducted on the Station
AIRLOCK
EXPLORATION
4. The first piece of the Station launched into
orbit; it means ‘dawn’ in Russian
ARRAY
KIBO
6. The name given to the American laboratory
ASTRONAUT
LABORATORY
9. Experiments conducted on Station to learn
about life, the Earth, and the universe
AUTOMATED
MICROGRAVITY
11. The part of the Station that releases heat
to the coldness of space so Station doesn’t
CANADA
PROGRESS
get too hot
COLUMBUS
RADIATOR
13. What the ‘A’ stands for in the name of the
European cargo spaceship
COSMONAUT
RESEARCH
14. The name given to the European laboratory
CUPOLA
SOYUZ
17. The module with special windows for looking
at the Earth and out into space
CYGNUS
TRUSS
18. This American spacecraft delivers only cargo
DESTINY
ZARYA
– not astronauts – to Station
19. Giant beam that connects the solar arrays
DRAGON
ZVEZDA
and radiators to the rest of Station
(Solution on page 33)
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