Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
- 3 Across
- A collection of star systems
- 5 Across
- Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
- 6 Across
- An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
- 8 Across
- Layer of air around the Earth
- 11 Across
- A person trained to travel in a spacecraft
- 12 Across
- A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
- 14 Across
- Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- 15 Across
- The galaxy containing the solar system
- 16 Across
- A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck
- 1 Down
- The month following February and preceding April (plural)
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- Any vehicle self-propelled by a ___ engine
- 4 Down
- A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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- Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
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- Everything that exists anywhere
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- A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star
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