| It began in 1957 | 16 |
| Period since 1957 | 17 |
| Like "the house of tomorrow" | 38 |
| It started with Sputnik | 23 |
| Era that began in 1957 | 22 |
| Sputnik's legacy | 20 |
| Period that started with Sputnik | 32 |
| Period of Sputnik and Apollo 11 | 31 |
| Modern, as technology | 21 |
| Modern and technologically advanced | 35 |
| Like the Jetson's house | 27 |
| Launch time? | 12 |
| Futuristic | 10 |
| From October 1957 to now | 24 |
| Forward-looking | 15 |
| Era important to Houston | 24 |
| 1957 onward | 11 |
| 1950's to today | 19 |
| Futuristic tournament schedule? | 31 |
| Long-distance races? | 20 |
| Parts of a theoretical continuum | 32 |
| "Fly Me to the Moon" and others? | 42 |
| Mel Brooks "Star Wars" parody | 39 |
| "OOOOOOO" | 19 |
| What an astronaut puts on a boo-boo? | 36 |
| Keyboard feature | 16 |
| The longest key | 15 |
| Alien drinking hole? | 20 |
| Video player pause control, often | 33 |
| Typewriter part that sounds way out | 35 |
| Thumb key | 9 |
| Parting-word facilitator | 24 |
| Neighbor of alt | 15 |
| Most-used key | 13 |
| Longest key | 11 |
| Key for parting words | 21 |
| It's touched by the thumb | 29 |
| It's often depressed | 24 |
| It's directly below V-B-N-M | 31 |
| It's below ZXCVBNM | 22 |
| It may be used often in a long sentence | 39 |
| Browser scroller | 16 |
| Biggest key | 11 |
| One cutting locks in airlocks? | 30 |
| Doll that comes with a G-suit? | 30 |
| Garbage scow that docked with Mir? | 34 |
| Bill at the "Star Wars" cantina? | 42 |
| Vacuous one | 11 |
| Out-of-touch sort, among the stars? | 35 |
| One "out" in la la land | 33 |
| He's way out there | 22 |
| Flighty type | 12 |
| They're not rocket scientists | 33 |
| Brilliant thinkers they're not | 34 |
| Popular program in Huntsville, Ala. | 35 |
| Early vehicle for Joaquin Phoenix, as a Star Wars-obsessed kid spending the summer near Cape Canaveral | 102 |
| Destination for would-be astronauts | 35 |
| Astronaut's quarters, in the early days | 43 |
| Steve Miller "Some people call me the ___" | 52 |
| Sci-fi vessel | 13 |
| Mariner 4 or Voyager 2 | 22 |
| Launching-pad vehicle | 21 |
| Arranged at intervals | 21 |
| Set some distance apart | 23 |
| Placed in intervals | 19 |
| Placed at intervals | 19 |
| Out of touch, with "out" | 34 |
| Disoriented, in slang | 21 |
| Zoned (out) | 11 |
| Went blank in the head | 22 |
| Set at intervals | 16 |
| Notlikethis | 11 |
| Momentarily let one's attention wander | 42 |
| Mentally drifted | 16 |
| L i k e t h i s | 16 |
| Kept apart | 10 |
| Divided, in a way | 17 |
| At regular intervals | 20 |
| At intervals | 12 |
| ___ out (in a daze) | 19 |
| Orbiting trash | 14 |
| G r o g g y | 11 |
| Nuclear splitting in the cosmos? | 32 |
| Provide ___ (house a traveler) | 30 |
| He eventually blows up Zorak | 28 |
| Portable warmer | 15 |
| Good-looking astronaut? | 23 |
| Asteroids alternative | 21 |
| "Register early; ___ limited" | 39 |
| Toon/live action film of 1996 | 29 |
| Jordan feature | 14 |
| Feature of Jordan | 17 |
| Bugs Bunny basketball movie | 27 |
| 1996 movie starring Michael Jordan | 34 |
| 1996 live-action/animated comedy | 32 |
| 1996 hybrid animation/live-action film | 38 |
| Debris around the world? | 24 |
| "Crimes of the Heart" star | 36 |
| 'Carrie' star | 21 |
| Oscar winner as Loretta Lynn | 28 |