- Astronaut - Wikipedia
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spacecraft
- Astronauts - NASA
The term “astronaut” derives from the Greek words meaning “star sailor,” and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond
- Astronaut | Definition, Facts, Training | Britannica
Astronaut, designation, derived from the Greek words for ‘star’ and ‘sailor,’ commonly applied in the West to an individual who has flown in outer space As of 2022, 587 individuals from 41 countries had gone into orbit; 518 of these space fliers were men and 69 were women
- Watch NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts launch to the . . .
NASA's Chris Williams and two cosmonaut colleagues will launch to the International Space Station early on Thanksgiving Day (Nov 27), and you can watch the action live
- ASTRONAUT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ASTRONAUT is a person whose profession is to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere; broadly : any person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere
- Complete List of Astronauts | NASA Global Space Explorers
Discover a definitive list of astronauts from NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and more Explore bios, mission details, and careers of global space explorers, past and present Your ultimate resource for astronaut information
- NASA astronaut joins Russian cosmonauts for Thanksgiving Day . . .
American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the
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