astronaut
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Scott Tingle, chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson, likewise highlighted the influence the two astronauts have had on NASA's astronaut corps.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Jeanette Epps, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, Zoomed into my living room from 250 miles above Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Comedian John Bishop has cancelled upcoming events after breaking his ankle while riding a motorbike with astronaut Tim Peake.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Becoming a content creator has officially elbowed out old standbys like doctor and astronaut as the job that Gen Z and Gen Alpha most aspire to have.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Gene Nora Stumbough, a flying instructor at the University of Oklahoma, heard about the astronaut testing from Wally Funk at an Oklahoma college aviation gathering.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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The team is comprised of two Nasa astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut whose wife is expecting their third child two months into the mission.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The process is not unique to astronauts and can also occur in people on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The engineers who built Silicon Valley, the astronauts who went to space, the scientists pushing the edges of medicine and artificial intelligence — many of them trace a line back to this show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Starliner hasn’t flown since 2024, when technical issues with the craft left two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Glenn rode in the lead vehicle of the fifty-car parade carrying the Mercury astronauts and their families and the top leadership of NASA.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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