astronaut
[as-truh-nawt, -not]
noun
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
Origin of astronaut
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Contemporary Examples of astronaut
Her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark is head of ‘astronaut relations’ for Virgin Galactic.
I asked a former NASA astronaut, who cannot be quoted on the record, to look at photographs of the debris.
“The astronaut phenomenon is destroying the Iraqi army,” one officer, Kadhim al-Shammari, told us.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi army is suffering badly from what locals describe as the “astronaut phenomenon.”
“If I had said I wanted to be an astronaut, they would have been like ‘Do it’,” Rivers told me.
Historical Examples of astronaut
Of course, ground control was to be used only if the astronaut failed to ignite the retro-rockets himself.
Egocentric OrbitJohn Cory
The astronaut fell victim to a psychological stress that was unforeseen.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
astronaut
noun
Word Origin for astronaut
C20: from astro- + -naut from Greek nautēs sailor, on the model of aeronaut
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