| CAPSULE | A gelatinous pill; or, part of a spacecraft containing its crew (7) |
| ALEXANDER | A spacecraft containing old king (9) |
| CHAPEL | Part of a church containing its ownaltar (6) |
| RIGGING | Ship's cordage supporting its masts and sails; or, the art or science of adjusting a rowing boat and its oars according to its crew (7) |
| GLOBULE | A spherical blob/drop; a small ball, orb or pill; or, first observed by Bart Bok, a dark nebulous cloud where star formations may take place (7) |
| TRIREME | Are there three bank holidays for the rest of its crew? (7) |
| CELESTE | Mary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , U.S. ship found abandoned in the Atlantic in 1872 with the fate of its crew unknown (7) |
| PLACEBO | A 'fake' pill or medicine (7) |
| NIAGARA | River, northern one, a gelatinous substance blocks (7) |
| REENTRY | Return of a spacecraft to earth's atmosphere from outer space (7) |
| ORBITER | Did Robert get one out of a spacecraft? (7) |
| GUMDROP | A gelatinous sweet (7) |
| APOLUNE | Point in the lunar orbit of a spacecraft at which it is furthest from the moon (7) |
| MODULE | A self-contained, separable unit making up part of a spacecraft (6) |
| EIGHT | Number expressed in Roman numerals as VIII or viii; or, a type of boat used in competitive rowing or its crew collectively (5) |
| NAVY | A nation's maritime force including its crew; or, a literary word for a fleet of ships (4) |
| PELLET | A small ball, pill or piece of shot; or, the undigested cast of an owl (6) |
| NOSECONE | Front part of a spacecraft, etc |
| PAIN | Pill or a reason to take a pill |
| MANNED | Having a human crew, said of a spacecraft or such vehicle (6) |
