astronaut
Example Sentences
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After their arrival, astronauts mounted the samples on the exterior of the station, exposing them to space for 283 days.
From Science Daily
It has since sought to bring other countries into its efforts and signed a deal with Pakistan in February to recruit the first foreign "taikonauts" -- a term used for astronauts in China's space programme.
From Barron's
It will be an uncrewed mission, carrying cargo to the ISS, potentially paving the way for the spacecraft to be used for future astronaut missions.
The twin-rocket plan would overcome China's longstanding technological hurdle of developing a heavy-duty rocket powerful enough to send both astronauts and a lander probe.
From Reuters
It was an early “analog astronaut” experiment: a study that asks people on this planet to pretend to be spacefarers.
From Scientific American
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