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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

The team is comprised of two Nasa astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut whose wife is expecting their third child two months into the mission.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That astronaut who called me from space didn’t just watch a television show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Finally, a few weeks later, early in May of 1961, we prepared to launch the Mercury-Redstone spacecraft, named Freedom 7, with astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

Instead of relying entirely on protective structures built on the surface, future astronauts might be able to use some of the Moon's existing geological formations as shelters.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 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

To unleash our energy, to rebuild our factories, to return our astronauts to the moon and launch a new age of exploration in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

After a few minutes of my eyes locked on the wall of astronauts, Thomas leaned in to me and said, “Your picture will be up there too someday, Miranium.”

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


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