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Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Retired astronaut Barbara Morgan, who flew aboard Endeavour in 2007, said the shuttle will inspire space enthusiasts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Rep. Jasmine Crockett and former astronaut Terry Virts in their unsuccessful Senate runs.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Eight years later, the Dragon spacecraft carried its first astronaut to the ISS, beating other aerospace companies like Boeing to becoming the main American transport to the space station.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

We’d toured historic launch sites and working spaceflight facilities, strapped in for an eight-and-a-half-minute simulated space shuttle ascent into orbit, and met astronaut Fred Gregory.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

When these materials slam into Earth's magnetic shield, they can knock out satellites, threaten astronauts -- and create colourful auroras in the skies of northern and southern latitudes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

I like baseball, but it’s not like these guys are astronauts, just back from the moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

India plans to send astronauts into space next year, an orbiter to Venus by 2028 and build its own space station by 2035.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The technology is intended to help astronauts and equipment endure the extended lunar night.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

I had a time getting Vonetta and Fern to stay inside to watch the landing, let alone wait for the two astronauts to climb out and walk on the moon.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia