Space Shuttle 45th Anniversary

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Florida space center where the 1981 liftoff took place. (7)
• Agency currently celebrating the 45th anniversary of this historic program. (4)
• The tense sequence of events leading up to T-zero. (9)
• The second operational orbiter, making its maiden voyage on STS-6. (10)
• Large external fuel container, famously painted white for the first two missions. (4)
• An objective-driven space expedition, like STS-1. (7)
• Complex 39A served as this starting point. (3)
• Cosmonaut whose historic journey happened exactly 20 years before STS-1. (7)

Down

• Veteran commander of the STS-1 mission. (5)
• The lunar program that preceded the winged spacecraft era. (6)
• The final orbiter built, replacing one lost in 1986. (9)
• The long landing strip required for the returning spacecraft. (6)

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