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astronaut

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


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He can’t say whether the Chinese will meet their self-imposed deadline of putting an astronaut on the moon by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

An astronaut who lands on the moon to find two women arguing about a sandwich.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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

The very first time he traveled into the atmosphere and put his life on the line, one of our nation’s heroes, astronaut John Glenn, knew that he could count on me.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson



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