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A few of the words
- GLENN
- John Glenn orbited Earth in 1962 aboard Friendship 7, then flew on the space shuttle in 1998 at age 77.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- RIDE
- Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983, aboard the shuttle Challenger.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- GAGARIN
- Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12, 1961, and circled the Earth once in about 108 minutes.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Famous Astronauts: a free online word search
Famous astronauts word search, free to print and play. Surnames of the pilots and explorers who rode rockets up and came home to the cheering crowds.
About Famous Astronauts
Before anyone walked on the moon, the first astronauts were test pilots and Navy fliers who squeezed into capsules the size of a phone booth. They came home to ticker-tape in New York and motorcades in Houston, and the whole country gathered around small black-and-white televisions to watch splashdowns. Their names still roll off the tongue the way ballplayers' names do, and most of us can recite a few without trying.
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 color on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.The level you pick sets 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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