mission specialist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mission specialist
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Its crew of four - commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen - became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch described the scattering of tiny craters across the daytime side proudly reflecting sunlight, like pinpricks in a lampshade.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Crew-12 marks the first spaceflight for mission specialist Sophie Adenot and pilot Jack Hathaway, both of whom have test pilot backgrounds.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
After rigorous training, he’s launched into space in 2009 as a mission specialist aboard the shuttle Discovery.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023
This time, she flew on NASA's Atlantis as a mission specialist.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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