astronaut
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They could then compare those results with lunar rocks returned to Earth from different locations by astronaut missions and unmanned spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
In 1961, as astronaut Alan Shepard sat aboard his Redstone rocket waiting to become the first American launched in space, hours of delays forced him to urinate in his space suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
Each astronaut was awarded a Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
On April 12, 1961, the first Russian astronaut flew into outer space.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
"And in 10 years' time, the first European manned capsule take off from Kourou with European astronauts and those from other nations on board," he added, referring to Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
About two weeks before the flight, the Crew-13 astronauts will begin quarantine at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Trump signed the order Friday at an event dedicated to the astronauts who flew around the moon and back earlier this year on NASA’s Artemis II mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
As the agency pivots to putting astronauts on the moon, this $3-billion space-copter is the agency’s last large-scale mission to explore the solar system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Once on the moon, the astronauts would get out of that craft, called a Lunar Lander, in order to study the moon’s surface.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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