astronaut

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The Artemis II mission seeks to accomplish a lunar return with an astronaut flyby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen felt like he was "falling out of the sky" as his spacecraft followed its complex flight path to the Moon, the Canadian said in a Saturday video call.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

In 1995, during his first year at the military college, Hansen met one of his heroes: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Mission controllers in Houston, however, were able to work with astronaut Christina Koch to put in a fix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

On February 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn walked out to the Friendship 7 rocket we hoped would place the first American in orbit.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson