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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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