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astronaut

[as-truh-nawt, -not] / ˈæs trəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt /


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The astronaut used a Nikon Z9 digital camera equipped with a 400-millimeter focal-length lens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The spacecraft was then hoisted onto a specialized ship, and the four occupants -- Meir, American Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev -- were helped out one by one.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Scott Tingle, chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson, likewise highlighted the influence the two astronauts have had on NASA's astronaut corps.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Jeanette Epps, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, Zoomed into my living room from 250 miles above Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“I bet when you’re a real astronaut, you’re going to find Planet Nine and it’ll be named ‘Mira’!

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

Along with everyday necessities for the astronauts, Dragon brought an unusual collection of scientific experiments that could help researchers develop new medical treatments and better understand how materials behave in space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Basalts collected by Chang'e-6 show chemical signatures indicating that they originated from depleted mantle material, much like the low-Ti basalts brought back by Apollo astronauts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Standing alongside legendary astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Dick Gordon, a schoolboy from Lancashire was there to see the final manned lunar landing mission.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program provides reliable access to space while maximizing research and development by partnering with private U.S. companies, including SpaceX, to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lovelace also designed the tests that the Mercury 7 astronauts had gone through at his Albuquerque clinic.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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