The Space Race Word Search
Find the missions, astronauts, cosmonauts, and historic milestones of the competition to reach space and the Moon.
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Words to find
Drag across a word, or tap its first and last letter. Tap a word in the list for a hint.
About the The Space Race Word Search
This puzzle covers the U.S.–Soviet competition to explore space, from Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin to the Apollo Moon landing. Look for spacecraft programs, launch sites, mission leaders, and familiar names such as Neil Armstrong and Valentina Tereshkova. It’s a good fit for students studying twentieth-century history, space exploration, or the Cold War.
All 44 words in this puzzle
Each grid hides a different handful of these, so press New puzzle for a fresh one whenever you like.
- Aldrin
- Apollo
- Armstrong
- Astronaut
- Atlas
- Baikonur
- Cape Canaveral
- Collins
- Command Module
- Cosmonaut
- Eagle
- Earth Orbit
- Friendship Seven
- Gagarin
- Gemini
- Houston
- Kennedy
- Khrushchev
- Korolev
- Laika
- Luna
- Lunar Module
- Lunokhod
- Mariner
- Mercury
- Mission Control
- Moon Landing
- Pioneer
- Ranger
- Redstone
- Saturn
- Soyuz
- Spacewalk
- Sputnik
- Surveyor
- Tereshkova
- Titan
- Tranquility Base
- Tsiolkovsky
- Valentina
- Von Braun
- Voskhod
- Vostok
- Yuri
