astronaut
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The astronaut creed instructs space crews to “launch as friends and land as friends.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Then he could have released an image of himself in the Artemis space capsule and told us he’s an astronaut and he’s thinking of building a string of Trump hotels on the moon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Flanked on stage by mission commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen, astronaut Christina Koch called for people on Earth to embrace their shared humanity.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Dr Catherine Hansen, who is married to astronaut Jeremy Hansen, told BBC World Service's Newsday programme that their two daughters and son were "so, so excited to see their dad living his dream".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
On April 12, 1961, the first Russian astronaut flew into outer space.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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