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Definition of Astronauts
1. astronaut [n] - See also: astronaut
Medical Definition of Astronauts
1. Members of spacecraft crew including those who travel in space, and those in training for space flight. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astronauts
Literary usage of Astronauts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"All the astronauts this author has interviewed have stated that they never
understood exactly what determined their first assignment to a crew; see author's ..."
2. Space Flight: The First Thirty Years (1993)
"Apollo astronauts logged some 84000 hours—nearly 10 man- years—practicing for
their flights: everything from simulations of lunar gravity, to geology field ..."
3. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"The Bust Americans watched a live broadcast of the astronauts headed for the moon.
This primitive version of "reality TV" showed the astronauts floating ..."
4. All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters (1995)
"TWO LITTLE Astronauts Two little astronauts are going to the moon. Two little
astronauts hope they'll get there soon. The first one said, "Oh, ..."
5. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force & the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"The Shuttle also allowed non-astronauts to go into space. Payload Specialists
would operate experiments and be involved in the deployment of satellites. ..."
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