astronaut

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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