astronaut
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From Coachella’s humble beginnings of a desert festival into becoming a global force in pop culture, revisit iconic moments with Daft Punk, Beyoncé, the Coachella astronaut and everything in between.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
In 1968 astronaut Bill Anders made history when he took the now-famous picture Earthrise.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover, who pilots the Orion spacecraft, said before liftoff this week that eyes were a "magical instrument."
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
She had first applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program in 1985, but the Challenger disaster had delayed the process.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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