astronaut
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After their arrival, astronauts mounted the samples on the exterior of the station, exposing them to space for 283 days.
From Science Daily
It has since sought to bring other countries into its efforts and signed a deal with Pakistan in February to recruit the first foreign "taikonauts" -- a term used for astronauts in China's space programme.
From Barron's
It will be an uncrewed mission, carrying cargo to the ISS, potentially paving the way for the spacecraft to be used for future astronaut missions.
The space agency plans to use it to land astronauts on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.
From Washington Post
Named after the first American to orbit the world, John Glenn, the rocket towers over the company’s current New Shepard rocket, named for Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard’s 1961 suborbital hop.
From Washington Times
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