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astronaut
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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as·tro·naut
/ ˈastrəˌnôt/
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n.
a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
DERIVATIVES:
as·tro·nau·ti·cal
/ ˌastrəˈnôtikəl/ adj.
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Astronauts now mostly unknown Much has changed since moon landing 32 years ago today
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...rather than astronauts, explore space...ve been an astronaut for nine years...Many former astronauts say they would...have left the Astronaut Office--the...became an astronaut in the 1980s, astronauts "had to
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Astronauts rip NASA on morale
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/2/1986; 700+ words
; ...said a longtime astronaut, one of nine current or former astronauts interviewed during...quantitative," the astronaut said. "It's not...management against the astronaut." Several astronauts suggested part of the...
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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Astronauts flew drunk, report says.
Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 7/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...rival for another astronaut. Some experts...surprised by reports of astronauts drinking. Astronauts...people that some astronauts drank alcohol...likely to mean an astronaut corps that is more...and I think the astronaut corps reflect that...could have involved astronauts with ...
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NASA: Astronauts Sober for Space
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...instances of astronauts drinking heavily...to look at astronaut health issues...alcohol by astronauts in the immediate...a shuttle astronaut that a colleague...least two astronauts on each of...missions and the astronaut chiefs at...
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 "WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin)")
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Supersized! Astronauts add rooms to the space station.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin); 1/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...today's coffee" astronaut Donald Pettit joked...system works before astronauts use it. The Endeavour...tricky when an astronaut wants to eat...OMITTED] Eating Astronauts don't have to...Where are the astronauts on the space station...from? A U.S. astronaut and a Russian ...
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Astronauts find retreat at NASA's secluded beach house Florida home is pretty close to out of this world
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...it," said Atlantis astronaut Dave Wolf, who spent...last place America's astronauts get to say goodbye...and Delta 4. Former astronaut Mike Mullane, who...be a good thing for astronauts saying their farewells...it was called the Astronaut Training and Rehabilitation...
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ASTRONAUT HEALTH CARE:MICHAEL D. GRIFFIN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...involving former astronaut Lisa Nowak, I...available to NASA astronauts at the Johnson...the care of NASA astronauts. I hoped to learn...Agency employs for astronaut selection and assignment...critical path for astronaut flight safety in...the claims that astronauts were ever ...
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Astronauts' drinking a worry: report
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 7/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...involving a shuttle astronaut and an astronaut flying on a Russian...doctors and other astronauts enough to speak up...detailed involved two astronauts, but didn't say...warned that a shuttle astronaut had had too much to...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Astronaut issues show that NASA culture still broken
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...at least twice, astronauts were cleared to fly...surgeons and other astronauts about their heavy drinking. One intoxicated astronaut flew into orbit on...communicating concerns, said astronaut Ellen Ochoa, director...cleared intoxicated astronauts for flight. "Launch...
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Astronauts fly when unfit for duty.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 7/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...occasions an astronaut was so drunk...surgeons and fellow astronauts raised concerns...change may be the astronaut culture: Astronauts are highly motivated...her time as an astronaut. This could help encourage astronauts to speak up if...
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Astronauts, Types of
Book article from: Space Sciences
Astronauts, Types of Astronauts are persons trained to...aboard a spacecraft. "Astronaut" is the term typically...career positions: pilot astronaut or mission specialist astronaut. Pilot astronauts have primary responsibility...
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Astronaut
Book article from: Mathematics
...of 20 mission specialist astronauts and 15 pilot astronauts completed training and went from astronaut candidate status to astronaut...reassigned. Several former astronauts have entered politics. One former astronaut, John Glenn, served as...
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Career Astronauts
Book article from: Space Sciences
...Duties of NASA Astronauts The National Aeronautics...recruits pilot astronaut candidates and mission specialist astronaut candidates to...Applicants for the NASA Astronaut Candidate Program...States.* Pilot astronauts serve as both...
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astronaut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
astronaut crew member on...training. The early astronauts had all previously...other preparation, astronauts must maintain excellent...Prominent American astronauts include Alan B...s first female astronaut. Bibliography...
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Ancient Astronaut Society
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Ancient Astronaut Society Founded in 1973 to bring together individuals who...members could see firsthand the sites discussed in the ancient astronaut literature. The ancient astronaut hypothesis was found unconvincing by ufologists, and was...
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