astronaut
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“I would suggest to you that when you look up here, you’re not looking at us,” said Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist astronaut Jeremy Hansen, back in Houston Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
As the Orion approached the moon on April 5, the crew woke up to a message from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 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
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst once told Aschbacher, after returning from the International Space Station, that the view from space changes everything.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
She didn’t want to be an astronaut anymore.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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