astronaut

Bosco Ortega, 12, wants to be an astronaut when he grows up but has until now lived in Cairo, where the light pollution means few stars can be seen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Winocour has often made films about women balancing their public-facing life with their private selves In 2019’s “Proxima,” Eva Green played an astronaut missing her young daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Rep. Jasmine Crockett and former astronaut Terry Virts in their unsuccessful Senate runs.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Eight years later, the Dragon spacecraft carried its first astronaut to the ISS, beating other aerospace companies like Boeing to becoming the main American transport to the space station.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Several American women had flown in space, but astronaut Eileen Collins was special to the Mercury 13.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Long before astronauts reach the site, robotic spacecraft will deliver scientific instruments to study conditions on and around the Moon.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

That constant swirling is a driving force behind bursts of energy from the Sun, creating so-called space weather, that can disrupt Earth's power grids and satellites, and could even injure astronauts.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

When these materials slam into Earth's magnetic shield, they can knock out satellites, threaten astronauts -- and create colourful auroras in the skies of northern and southern latitudes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

I like baseball, but it’s not like these guys are astronauts, just back from the moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Not only was she the first woman in space, but her time in space exceeded the time spent by all of the US astronauts combined.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson