rocketeer

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The capsule had been loaded for the 24-hour trip to the station with a flight test dummy nicknamed “Rosie the Rocketeer,” and about 760 pounds of cargo, Boeing said.

From Reuters

Branson assigned himself to Virgin Galactic’s first full-scale crew, jumping ahead of Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos, an even richer rocketeer looking to launch himself into space.

From Seattle Times

The pass-the-buck response from government agencies and silence from SpaceX brings to mind the Tom Lehrer song about Wernher von Braun — the former Nazi rocketeer who after the Second World War led development of the U.S. missile and space rocket programs.

From Seattle Times

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Rocketeer,” “Jurassic Park” and a handful of “Star Wars” titles, described working on “The Nightmare Before Christmas” as something special.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1963, he met the world’s foremost expert in the field, German rocketeer Ernst Stuhlinger.

From Los Angeles Times