astronaut
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Women are being prepared for jobs in space exploration that "may not yet even exist", according to one female astronaut.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Its crew of four - commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen - became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The crew will be rounded out by African American Andre Douglas and US astronaut of Salvadoran descent Frank Rubio.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
China also plans to welcome its first foreign astronaut, from Pakistan, aboard the Tiangong station by the end of this year.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
President Eisenhower, a five-star army general, decided that astronaut candidates should be selected from a pool of military test pilots.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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