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He launched aboard Soyuz MS-22 on Sept. 21, 2022, and returned on Sept. 27, 2023, after spending 371 days in orbit, setting the record for the longest single space mission by an American astronaut.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
He first flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in 2009.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
He has completed two missions aboard the International Space Station and carried out complex spacewalks, including one that could have turned deadly when his helmet began filling with water.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It didn’t say how many crew were aboard the helicopter at the time it crashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
I will need to sneak aboard a boat.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing aboard
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" and "The Flag We Love"
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