| 100% | MARINER | 7 | Any of a series of US space probes launched between 1962 and 1971 that took photographs of Mars and Venus |
| 33% | MARINER | 7 | Series of US space probes; no. 9 orbited Mars |
| 27% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Any of a series of Soviet satellites, such as — I, launched in 1957 |
| 27% | SPUTNIK | 7 | Any of a series of Soviet satellites such as — I, launched in 1957 |
| 26% | EXPANSE | 7 | "The ___," sci-fi drama series about space that focuses on a political conflict between Earth and other planets |
| 26% | MARINER | 7 | Pair of Martian space probes launched by the US in 1969 |
| 23% | BION | 4 | One of a series of joint Soviet/U.S. space satellites |
| 23% | RIAN | 4 | Director of part of a series between a film by J.J. and another film by J.J. |
| 23% | OMNIVORE | 8 | Any animal of a species that eats and digests both plant and animal matter |
| 23% | TOWEL | 5 | Item that takes up a lot of space in a beach bag |
| 23% | OUTER | 5 | ___ Space, place for satellites and the ISS that is also a shade of black |
| 23% | KID | 3 | "Diary of a Wimpy ___," book series and media franchise created by Jeff Kinney that follows a middle-schooler |
| 22% | EARTH | 5 | Neighbor of Mars and Venus |
| 22% | PLANETOLOGY | 11 | Study of mars and venus |
| 22% | MIR | 3 | Space vehicle that launched on Feb. 29, 1986 and re-entered on mar. 23, 2001 |
| 22% | MARINER | 7 | Early NASA program that sent probes to Mercury, Venus, and Mars |
| 22% | DANCE | 5 | Take a series of steps? |
| 22% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 22% | VIDEONASTY | 10 | Any of several graphic horror films that sparked a moral panic in the U.K. in the eighties, colloquially |
| 22% | CITY | 4 | "Sex and the ___," 2008 romantic comedy film that was a continuation of the famous eponymous TV series |
| 22% | HALO | 4 | "___: Combat Evolved," 2001 video game that revolves around a war between humanity and an alliance of aliens |
| 21% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin |
| 21% | ERG | 3 | Area of the desert that's wind-swept with no vegetation and exists on Venus, Mars and Titan |
| 21% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 21% | DRAGON | 6 | Disney's "American ___: Jake Long," an animated series that follows the adventures of a teen and his superpower |
| 21% | VOYAGER | 7 | US space probe that investigated Jupiter & Saturn |
| 21% | BANTU | 5 | Language group that gave us "banjo" and "bongo" (only one of which is a musical instrument) |
| 21% | STARTREK | 8 | "___: Deep Space Nine," American TV series that is a spin-off of the original |
| 21% | YALU | 4 | River that forms a large part of the border between North Korea and China |
| 21% | VIOL | 4 | Any of a family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |