astronaut

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

Backup astronaut Bob Hines will train alongside the primary crew and could replace any astronaut unable to fly the mission.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

It was a difficult decision to make, but the chance to be an astronaut was not an opportunity that came every day.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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

Through the International Space Station Program and the ISS National Lab, astronauts regularly capture images of Earth that support scientific research and are made freely available to researchers and the public.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

It makes sense that they’d have the super oxygenator even early astronauts used on a space ship.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera