astronaut
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They could then compare those results with lunar rocks returned to Earth from different locations by astronaut missions and unmanned spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Nasa astronaut Jessica Meir and French astronaut Sophie Adenot suited up for a 6.5-hour spacewalk.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Becoming a content creator has officially elbowed out old standbys like doctor and astronaut as the job that Gen Z and Gen Alpha most aspire to have.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Bosco Ortega, 12, wants to be an astronaut when he grows up but has until now lived in Cairo, where the light pollution means few stars can be seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
For an astronaut aboard the spaceship, time stops.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Once the crew reaches the International Space Station, the four astronauts will become part of Expedition 75, the station's long-duration crew responsible for research, maintenance, and other operations aboard the orbiting laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The United States is competing with China in the race to land astronauts on the Moon before 2030, more than 50 years after humans first walked the lunar surface.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Trump signed the order Friday at an event dedicated to the astronauts who flew around the moon and back earlier this year on NASA’s Artemis II mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
As the agency pivots to putting astronauts on the moon, this $3-billion space-copter is the agency’s last large-scale mission to explore the solar system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
One of the astronauts reported that the spacecraft was on fire.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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