astronaut

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He hopes that the standard list of childhood dream jobs -- astronaut, firefighter, police officer -- soon will include things like wind technician and fuel-cell engineer.

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  1. noun A person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate as a crew member of a spacecraft.

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  • An extra astronaut is being added to the close-out crew that will help the Endeavour space fliers board the orbiter and strap into their seats.
  • He hopes that the standard list of childhood dream jobs -- astronaut, firefighter, police officer -- soon will include things like wind technician and fuel-cell engineer. —  CNN.com
  • Gen. Charles Bolden Jr., the first black Marine to become an astronaut, are featured in the 30-second spot. —  Marine Corps Times - News
  • Description: Corazon is a career astronaut from the Chinese space program. —  Listal promoted
  • Let me see if I got this strait: the return capsule accidentally got stuck to part of the ship it was docked to, and took the part with it on the way down, but this extra part cause the capsule to face the wrong way, using the wrong side as the "heat shield", which meant the astronaut was about to be cooked to death. —  doggdot.us
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  1. astro- + Greek nautēs, sailor (from naus, ship; see nāu- in Indo-European roots).
 

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