43. Astronautics

1. Flash Gordon space-traveling hero. [Am. Comics and Cin.: Halliwell]
2. From the Earth to the Moon Verne tale of a group who have a monster gun cast to shoot them to the moon. [Fr. Lit.: WB 13:650]
3. Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562]
4. Pfaal, Hans to escape his creditors, constructs a balloon and travels to the moon. [Am. Lit.: The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal in Poe]
5. Ransom, Dr. Elwin kidnapped and taken to Malacandra (Mars), he escapes with the help of its wise inhabitants. [Br. Lit.: C. S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet in Weiss, 437]
6. Rogers, Buck early spaceman in fantasy comics. [Comics: Horn, 137–138]
7. space shuttle U.S. spacecraft capable of reuse, making travel more practical. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:561]

as·tro·nau·tics / ˌastrəˈnôtiks/ • n. the science and technology of human space travel and exploration.