astronaut
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China also plans to welcome its first foreign astronaut, from Pakistan, aboard the Tiangong station by the end of this year.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
"Isn't it every kid's dream to be an astronaut?"
From BBC • May 22, 2026
I was like an astronaut returning to Earth, getting reacquainted with my own muscles.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Glover, who now lives in Texas near NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is focused on bringing that SoCal sensibility and invaluable experience piloting the Orion capsule to the agency’s astronaut training program.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
She had first applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1985, but the Challenger disaster had delayed the process.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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