| MODULE | Self-contained part of a spacecraft |
| FLAT | At the beginning of February, I moved into a new place in Lynmouth - it's a self-contained part of a larger building (4) |
| SECTION | A self-contained part of a larger composition (7) |
| MOVEMENT | Major self-contained part of a symphony (8) |
| UNIT | Academic institution with time for self-contained part of a course (4) |
| ORGAN | A wind musical instrument / self-contained part of an organism with a special vital function / periodical |
| CAPSULE | A gelatinous pill; or, part of a spacecraft containing its crew (7) |
| NOSECONE | Front part of a spacecraft, etc |
| SPLASHDOWN | Landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight (10) |
| ORBIT | Course of a spacecraft around a planet |
| FLYBY | Close approach of a spacecraft to a planet |
| MANNED | Having a human crew, said of a spacecraft or such vehicle (6) |
| ADRASTEA | First moon discovered by means of a spacecraft (Voyager 2, 1979) rather than a telescope, in the inner Jovian system (8) |
| REENTRY | Return of a spacecraft |
| ORBITER | Did Robert get one out of a spacecraft? (7) |
| HEATSHIELD | Protective covering on nose cone of a spacecraft (4,6) |
| APOLUNE | Point in the lunar orbit of a spacecraft at which it is furthest from the moon (7) |
| BLASTOFF | (Of a spacecraft) Taking off from the launching pad (5-3) |
| BOOSTERS | Rockets providing the main thrust in the initial phase of a spacecraft's flight (8) |
| 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) |
