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Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Retired astronaut Barbara Morgan, who flew aboard Endeavour in 2007, said the shuttle will inspire space enthusiasts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Rep. Jasmine Crockett and former astronaut Terry Virts in their unsuccessful Senate runs.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Eight years later, the Dragon spacecraft carried its first astronaut to the ISS, beating other aerospace companies like Boeing to becoming the main American transport to the space station.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Like you’d wear if you were an astronaut on vacation walking around Marysville before you were going to blast off to the moon.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

I like baseball, but it’s not like these guys are astronauts, just back from the moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

India plans to send astronauts into space next year, an orbiter to Venus by 2028 and build its own space station by 2035.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Additional photographs taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed through the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

The data will help scientists better understand both the intensity and types of radiation astronauts may encounter, supporting the design of safer spacecraft and future long duration missions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

When America's first seven astronauts were announced, their confident, smiling faces appeared on television and on magazine covers.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson