Earth and Space Puzzle - Astronomy

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3	Dr. Joan__ was the Memphis scientist to study helioseizmology	1	She became the first noted woman astronomer
4	On August 30, 1984, Judith __became the second woman to fly in space	2	Maria Mitchell spent 23 years teaching at __ College
6	Florence__ became the first woman scientist to be hired at the United States Geological Survey	5	Any of innumberable large groupings of stars
9	Name of the first teacher in space	7	Our home galaxy
10	The origin, history occurance structure chemical composition and classification of rocks	8	She was the first American woman to fly in space
13	The__ Spacecraft exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986	11	This is the subject of Vera Rubin's studies
14	Any of several vast, cloudlike patches of groups of stars too far away to be seen by themselves	12	Valentina Vladimirovna Nickolayeva __ was the first woman ever to fly in space
15	Marguita__ is a teacher who works with Project ARIES
16	Any of a class of stars whose light varies in brightness in regular periods

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