| SPACESHIP | A spacecraft |
| ORBITER | A spacecraft or satellite that follows a circular path around a planet (7) |
| FREEFALL | Motion of a body, such as a spacecraft, under the force of gravity only; part of a parachute jump before the canopy deploys; or, any fast uncontrolled descent, dip or drop (4,4) |
| SCET | The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft. |
| CAPSULE | Small gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine / detachable compartment of a spacecraft |
| ASTRONAUT | A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft |
| MANNED | Having a human crew, said of a spacecraft or such vehicle (6) |
| UNDOCK | Separate, eg, a spacecraft from a space station (6) |
| SPLASHDOWN | Landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight (10) |
| MODULE | A self-contained, separable unit making up part of a spacecraft (6) |
| SPACEROCKET | A rocket that is designed to launch a spacecraft into space (5,6) |
| ROCKED | What to do with a cradle, we're told, and a spacecraft (6) |
| ORBIT | Course of a spacecraft around a planet |
| LANDER | A spacecraft designed to come to rest on a planet or other body (6) |
| LUNAR | ____ module, a vehicle used by astronauts from a spacecraft for travel to and from the moon (5) |
| FLYBY | Close approach of a spacecraft to a planet |
| SHIP | A clipper, ferry, liner or other vessel for freight or passengers; said boat's crew; or, a spacecraft (4) |
| REENTRY | A move back into the earth's atmosphere by a spacecraft or missile (2,5) |
| LIFTOFF | The vertical ascent of a rocket or a spacecraft from its launching-pad; or, the instant when this occurs (4-3) |
| MOONSHOT | Process of launching a spacecraft for a lunar mission (8) |
