| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| blastoff | The launching of a rocket or spacecraft |
| moonshot | the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon |
| AGENA | Spacecraft-launching rocket |
| countdown | An act of counting numerals in reverse order to zero, esp. to time the last seconds before the launching of a rocket or missile |
| countdowns | An act of counting numerals in reverse order to zero, esp. to time the last seconds before the launching of a rocket or missile |
| staging | The arrangement of stages in a rocket or spacecraft |
| stagings | The arrangement of stages in a rocket or spacecraft |
| boosters | The first stage of a rocket or spacecraft, used to give initial acceleration |
