astronaut
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
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Origin of astronaut
1Words that may be confused with astronaut
- astronaut , cosmonaut
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How to use astronaut in a sentence
Later on, astronauts looked at the pellets after one, two and three years.
Clumps of bacteria could spread life between planets | Paola Rosa-Aquino | August 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceBeing an astronaut is the ultimate idea of looking into what surrounds us by going there.
Though we may say that astronauts are weightless in space, what they’re actually experiencing is microgravity.
About 30 nonphysicians learned first aid from a software system designed to help astronauts.
What will astronauts need to survive the dangerous journey to Mars? | Maria Temming | July 15, 2020 | Science NewsOther simulated Mars missions suggest that astronauts isolated together could develop an us-versus-them mentality that would lead the crew to stop listening to mission control, which could be dangerous on a long mission.
Two new books explore Mars — and what it means to be human | Lisa Grossman | July 15, 2020 | Science News
On the second planet, they encounter a marooned astronaut named Dr. Mann, and a fistfight ensues.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves | Marlow Stern | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer long-term boyfriend Dave Clark is head of ‘astronaut relations’ for Virgin Galactic.
Princess Beatrice Gives Up Her Virgin Galactic Dream | Tom Sykes | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI asked a former NASA astronaut, who cannot be quoted on the record, to look at photographs of the debris.
Clues From SpaceShipTwo’s Wreckage: Did the Crew Compartment Fail? | Clive Irving | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The astronaut phenomenon is destroying the Iraqi army,” one officer, Kadhim al-Shammari, told us.
Iraqi Soldiers Bribe Officers So They Don't Have to Fight ISIS | Niqash | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi army is suffering badly from what locals describe as the “astronaut phenomenon.”
Iraqi Soldiers Bribe Officers So They Don't Have to Fight ISIS | Niqash | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, ground control was to be used only if the astronaut failed to ignite the retro-rockets himself.
Egocentric Orbit | John CoryThe astronaut fell victim to a psychological stress that was unforeseen.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. FairmanThe parachute opened and the daring astronaut drifted towards the sea.
Make Mine Homogenized | Rick RaphaelIt would not surprise me to find that most of those languages have survived and that our distressed astronaut knows them all.
Anything You Can Do | Gordon Randall GarrettIt would not surprise me to find that most of these languages have survived and that our distressed astronaut knows them all.
Anything You Can Do ... | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for astronaut
/ (ˈæstrəˌnɔːt) /
a person trained for travelling in space: See also cosmonaut
Origin of astronaut
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for astronaut
A crew member of a space mission launched by the United States. (See Apollo program and Mercury program.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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