A Universal Undertaking

One giant leap for your brain.
Explore the final frontier with this themed puzzle focusing on astronomy, space exploration, and scientific history.
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Across

  • 1A
    First look through a new telescope
  • 7A
    Cold War opponent in the Space Race
  • 8A
    Result of a probe's long journey
  • 9A
    ___ Nast, publisher of Vogue and The New Yorker
  • 11A
    Award show host
  • 14A
    What Mission Control does
  • 15A
    Infield corner defender, maybe
  • 16A
    Golfer's embarrassing shot
  • 17A
    Proving ground for a Mars rover, perhaps

Down

  • 2D
    Home of the 'Mona Lisa'
  • 3D
    Launch countdowns, for example
  • 4D
    ___ Marius, astronomer who named the moons of Jupiter
  • 5D
    A meteor shower or a solar eclipse, e.g.
  • 6D
    Promotional handout, or perhaps a UFO
  • 10D
    The '60s, for the Space Race
  • 11D
    Lunar cycle stage
  • 12D
    ___ Systems, Israeli aerospace firm
  • 13D
    Where stars align?