| 100% | GODDARD | 7 | Robert __; first to launch a rocket |
| 52% | PUBLISH | 7 | To launch a book |
| 46% | NAMER | 5 | First to spot a comet, usually |
| 46% | GUTENBERG | 9 | First to use a printing press |
| 46% | ICON | 4 | Image you can click to launch a computer application |
| 46% | ABORT | 5 | Cancel, as a rocket launch |
| 46% | SCRUBBED | 8 | Canceled, as a rocket launch |
| 46% | DEAFENING | 9 | Loud like a rocket launch |
| 46% | NOGO | 4 | Scrubbed, as a rocket launch |
| 46% | ABORT | 5 | Call off a rocket launch |
| 45% | ABORT | 5 | Call off, as a rocket launch |
| 45% | TEN | 3 | Start of a rocket launch countdown |
| 45% | NOGO | 4 | Canceled, as a rocket launch (Hyph.) |
| 45% | LIFTOFF | 7 | When a rocket launches into space |
| 44% | HHOUR | 5 | Time set to launch a mission, in U.S. military: Hyph. |
| 44% | FROMAFAR | 8 | How a rocket launch is usually viewed |
| 44% | PAD | 3 | What a rocket rests on before launch |
| 44% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Two words said when a rocket launches |
| 43% | BANNISTER | 9 | First to run a mile in under 4 minutes: Roger __ |
| 43% | ONEPIN | 6 | The first to go on a strike, usually |
| 43% | TASK | 4 | The first to demand a mission |
| 43% | TRENT | 5 | The first to hire a river |
| 43% | ACES | 4 | Rockets, to a Hold’em player |
| 43% | ABORT | 5 | Scrub at the last minute, as a rocket launch |
| 42% | TROT | 4 | The first to go off at a brisk pace |
| 42% | DDE | 3 | First POTUS to ride in a helicopter |
| 42% | WASHINGTON | 10 | First president to appear on a stamp |
| 42% | EVE | 3 | First lady not married to a president? |
| 42% | TANYA | 5 | Roberts of "A View to a Kill" |
| 42% | COUNTDOWN | 9 | Lead-in to a launch |