astronauts
- plural of astronaut.
Example Sentences
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Seven astronauts, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, died, which was cause for public mourning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Its success, which came through trial and failure, has ended U.S. reliance on Russia to transport astronauts to the space station and launch American satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Once launched, Starship will meet Orion in orbit and remain docked for approximately one day while engineers and astronauts carry out additional testing and system evaluations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
The astronauts will begin training immediately on Orion systems while also supporting the development and testing of the Blue Origin and SpaceX lander prototypes that will be used during the mission.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
I trained astronauts, talked them through their science experiments while they were in orbit, and often went to Cape Canaveral for launches of the space shuttle and other rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
