astronaut
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Then in Weatherford, Okla., came a 30-foot astronaut.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
“I think a lot of people have that entrepreneurial spirit,” Reisman, the former astronaut, told MarketWatch, adding that the IPO will “supercharge it.”
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The UK now has more female astronauts than male, and John McFall became the world's first astronaut professionally certified to fly to the International Space Station with a physical disability.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
The astronaut creed instructs space crews to “launch as friends and land as friends.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
She wishes she were one, anyway, an astronaut.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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