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ASTRONAUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Example:
the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts
Synonyms:
astronaut; cosmonaut; spaceman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("astronaut" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "astronaut"):
spacewalker (an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space)
Instance hyponyms:
Armstrong; Neil Armstrong (United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-))
Gagarin; Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Yuri Gagarin (Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968))
Glenn; John Glenn; John Herschel Glenn Jr. (made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-))
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.; Alan Shepard; Shepard (astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998))
Tereshkova; Valentina Tereshkova; Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova (Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937))
Derivation:
astronautic; astronautical (of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics)
Context examples:
Researchers working with astronauts on the International Space Station are embarking on a mission to discover the origin of Alzheimer’s.
(Subtracting Gravity from Alzheimer's, NASA)
An accessible supply of water ice near the equator would be of interest in planning astronaut exploration of Mars.
(A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator, NASA)
NASA currently is planning to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024, laying the foundation that will eventually enable human exploration of Mars.
(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)
One of the largest, a well-studied area called Ina, was imaged from lunar orbit by Apollo 15 astronauts.
(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)
He explained that the engineers had worked out how much fuel the astronauts could use going up and how much they would need to return to earth.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) designed a new nano-material that can reflect or transmit light on demand with temperature control, opening the door to technology that protects astronauts in space from harmful radiation.
(Protecting Astronauts from Radiation in Space, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to a stable orbit around the moon, and send astronauts to study in the 2020s all on the agency's human Path to Mars.
(NASA announces latest progress in hunt for asteroids, NASA)
“It’s a small step for the rover, but one giant leap for the Chinese nation,’’ Wu Weiren, the chief designer of the Lunar Exploration Project, said on state broadcaster CCTV, adapting American astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong’s famous message “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” when he stepped onto the lunar surface July 20, 1969.###!!!###
(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)
The results from the experiment could impact more people than just future astronauts.
(Roundworms have the Right Stuff, NASA)
While they aren’t enough to protect astronauts by themselves, they do have a fundamental effect on the Moon’s appearance.
(NASA Mission Reveals Origins of Moon's 'Sunburn', NASA)
