Chandra X-ray Observatory

Break the Code!

Grid
Answer the questions, using the locations in the grid above to put them in code.
Example: Science = (6,5) (4,4) (7,6) (4,6) (1,2) (4,4) (4,6)

  1. What is your name in code?
  2. This X-ray observatory is named after a famous astrophysicist.
    Chandra: (4,4) (8,4) (1,6) (1,2) (2,1) (3,3) (1,6)
  3. We call ours the Milky Way.
    Galaxy: (2,3) (1,6) (4,1) (1,6) (8,0) (5,5)
  4. This was the 1st Space Shuttle commanded by a woman, mission STS-93.
    Columbia: (4,4) (2,5) (4,1) (1,7) (7,1) (6,2) (7,6) (1,6)
  5. The study of the stars.
    Astronomy: (1,6) (6,5) (6,4) (3,3) (2,5) (1,2) (2,5) (7,1) (5,5)
  6. Chandra detects these to observe space.
    X-rays: (8,0) - (3,3) (1,6) (5,5) (6,5)
  7. When a star explodes it is called this.
    Supernova: (6,5) (1,7) (7,3) (4,6) (3,3) (1,2) (2,5) (8,7) (1,6)
  8. Nothing can escape the pull of this object, not even light.
    Black Hole: (6,2) (4,1) (1,6) (4,4) (2,7) _ (8,4) (2,5) (4,1) (4,6)
  9. The US government organization that directs space missions.
    NASA: (1,2) (1,6) (6,5) (1,6)
  10. A ball of gas, such as our Sun.
    Star: (6,5) (6,4) (1,6) (3,3)
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