Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- EAGLE
- The lunar module was named Eagle, inspiring Armstrong's famous words: 'The Eagle has landed.' The name was chosen partly for its patriotic resonance with the American bald eagle.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SATURN
- The Saturn V rocket, used for all Apollo lunar missions, generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust at liftoff — enough force to be felt and heard miles from the launchpad.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SPLASHDOWN
- On July 24, 1969, the Columbia command module parachuted into the Pacific Ocean, where the crew was recovered by the USS Hornet — completing a round trip of roughly half a million miles.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- FOOTPRINT
- Because the Moon has no wind or weather, the bootprints left by Armstrong and Aldrin are expected to remain visible on the lunar surface for millions of years.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Apollo word search — free and large-print — tracing the rocket, the lunar module, the footprint, and the splashdown that brought them home.
About Apollo 11
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module Eagle and onto the powdery gray surface of the Moon — a moment broadcast to hundreds of millions of people watching on televisions around the world. The Saturn V rocket that carried the crew skyward still holds the record as the most powerful rocket ever flown to space, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. For eight days, three astronauts — Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins — rode fire and silence across a quarter million miles, leaving behind a flag, a footprint, and 47 pounds of Moon rocks.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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