astronaut

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Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived on the ISS in February, had been sheltering on the docked ship, along with another astronaut Chris Williams.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"Arranging for an astronaut to carry out a one-year in-orbit residency experiment is by no means a simple matter of adding together two six-month missions in terms of duration," Zhang said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Nasa says the work that went into developing it and the work on the next generation of exercise devices will play a vital role in astronaut health.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Glover, who now lives in Texas near NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is focused on bringing that SoCal sensibility and invaluable experience piloting the Orion capsule to the agency’s astronaut training program.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

One wrong formula on their part—or one inaccurate piece of data provided to me or one mistaken calculation by me—could mean a disaster for the astronaut and a tragedy for his family.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson