Recent Examples on the WebBarratt is making his third spaceflight while his three crewmates are making their first.—William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024 After sticking that historic landing, Archer jumped off his bike, and with arms triumphantly raised, ran to crewmates in joyous celebration.—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024 Commander Reid Wiseman and his crewmates—pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—were named to the Artemis II crew on April 3.—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 July 2023 Kohler and her crewmates put on their wildfire gear — fire-resistant pants and jackets — and drove in a pickup to the scene.—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023 On future trips to the Florida spaceport, Koch and her crewmates will climb inside the Orion crew module multiple times for testing and checkouts.—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2023 Officials have told media that, during the boarding, one of the SEALs fell into the sea and the other went in after in an attempt to save his crewmate.—TIME, 22 Jan. 2024 Once their surface operations are complete, the astronauts will ascend on Starship to rejoin their crewmates onboard Orion for the return to Earth.—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024 The mission had been planned to orbit Earth, but intelligence reports that the Soviets were readying a crewed mission around the moon led NASA to change its plan, sending Mr. Borman, Lovell and crewmate William Anders more than 230,000 miles away from Earth and to orbit the moon 10 times.—Eryn Brown, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
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