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astronaut

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


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Then in Weatherford, Okla., came a 30-foot astronaut.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Buzz Aldrin, famed astronaut from the Apollo 11 mission, said in a 1969 interview published on Friday that he saw several inexplicable phenomena on his trip to the Moon.

From BBC • May 8, 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

My dream when I was a kid was to become an astronaut.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

She recommended women like Betty Skelton, who had also been through some privately funded astronaut testing, and acquaintances like Jerri Sloan, a Texas aviator who had been in many flying competitions with Jerrie.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson



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