astronaut
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The astronaut creed instructs space crews to “launch as friends and land as friends.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
As the Orion approached the moon on April 5, the crew woke up to a message from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Flanked on stage by mission commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen, astronaut Christina Koch called for people on Earth to embrace their shared humanity.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
China's emergence this century as an economic and military superpower has also seen its space capabilities accelerate rapidly, and it now has a stated aim of landing an astronaut on the Moon by around 2030.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Fellow astronaut Gordon Cooper answered from the control room.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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