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.
It has about twice the thrust of the Apollo-era Saturn V rocket that ferried astronauts to the moon.
From Los Angeles Times
They are able to generate 16 million pounds of thrust at full throttle, far more than the Saturn V that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon.
From New York Times
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