astronaut
Example Sentences
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As a child, he came across a page in an encyclopedia featuring Neil Armstrong and the picture of an astronaut on the Moon from the 1969 Apollo mission.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Mission controllers in Houston, however, were able to work with astronaut Christina Koch to put in a fix.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate -- but he never got his chance to go to the Moon.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
He was invited to join a training program that would set him up to become the nation's first Black astronaut.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
There were no more tests, only admission to astronaut training.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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