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The Space Race

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A few of the words

SPUTNIK
Sputnik means 'travelling companion' in Russian. In 1957 it became the first man-made object to orbit the Earth.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GAGARIN
Yuri Gagarin's historic flight lasted just 108 minutes — a single orbit that made him the first human in space.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ARMSTRONG
Neil Armstrong landed the lunar module with only seconds of fuel to spare, then stepped out into history.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SATURN
The Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo to the Moon is still the most powerful machine ever flown.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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From Sputnik to the Sea of Tranquility — find the milestones of the Space Race in this free, large-print word search. Play in your browser, no sign-up.

About The Space Race

For a decade the world looked up. Sputnik beeped overhead, Gagarin circled the Earth, and on a July night in 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin stepped onto the Moon while half the planet held its breath. This puzzle gathers the rockets, capsules and pioneers of the Space Race — the years we reached past the sky.

How to play

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    Find 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.
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    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
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    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
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    Choose 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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