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astronaut
[ as-truh-nawt, -not ]
noun
- a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
astronaut
/ ˈæٰəˌɔː /
noun
- a person trained for travelling in space See also cosmonaut
astronaut
- A crew member of a space mission launched by the United States. ( See Apollo program and Mercury program .)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of astronaut1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of astronaut1
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Amazon MGM showed off many other films, including Ryan Gosling's space epic Project Hail Mary in which he play's a reluctant astronaut tasked with saving humanity.
Every time an Apollo astronaut walked off the moon and into his spacecraft, he tracked a load of dust with him.
All of this is why astronauts go up to space in tip-top physical condition.
The astronauts were helped on to a stretcher, which is standard practice after spending so long in the weightless environment.
The astronauts then filled them out and transmitted them to satellites which relayed them to a ground terminal in New Mexico.
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