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Is There Life on Mars?

The clues are out there.

This puzzle orbits the Red Planet, with clues on space exploration, NASA history, and celestial pop culture trivia.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.Magazine that chronicled the Space Race
3.Org. behind the Perseverance rover
7.Like a rover on another planet?
9.'Avatar' director who served on the NASA Advisory Council
11.Height, as of Olympus Mons
13.Let go, as a rover from a lander
14.Airtight, like a Martian habitat
15.Stuff drilled for on the Red Planet
16.The Red Planet

Down

2.Perfect, like the conditions for a rocket launch
4.Aerospace giant that worked on the Mars Express orbiter
5.'Is there ___ out there?'
6.Miles ___, web-slinger of the Spider-Verse
7.A palindrome that's on the level
8.Famous, or made a record of
9.Official count of a population... on Earth, for now
10.Java's most active volcano
12.Coveted Hollywood statuette

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