How to Use astronaut in a Sentence

astronaut

noun

• The length of the flight also bears weight on the astronauts.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• The rocket will launch astronauts for the Artemis missions to the Moon.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
• There is no rush to fly the astronauts home, NASA said.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• The astronaut puts water into the pack and swishes it around to mix the milk.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
• So the astronaut comes back and looks for his wife and his family.
  — Vulture, 17 July 2023
• On May 8, over 24 hours after launch, the two astronauts will arrive at the ISS.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• SpaceX hopes its new suits can be used one day by astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars.
  — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
• This isn’t the first time a U.S. astronaut has had their stay extended.
  — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• About 20 years later, Sally Ride was the first woman in space — and the first gay astronaut.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
• In the 80-minute space saga, Paul and Hartnett play astronauts aboard a spaceship on a six-year mission.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
• For one piece, Hodge sent Kerr an image with an astronaut in it.
  — Robert Boyd, Chron, 16 May 2023
• Like Space Toad, the plucky bat likely perished in its attempt to be the very first bat astronaut.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2023
• The Starship is designed to take astronauts and cargo to the Red Planet, the Moon, and beyond.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
• Lastly, astronauts lost for eight months and then found a tomato in space.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
• There was a fire on the launchpad during the test that resulted in the deaths of all three astronauts inside.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The astronauts’ paths to space couldn’t be more different.
  — Marcia Dunn, al, 26 Aug. 2023
• First will be a lunar fly-around with four astronauts, possibly before the end of the year.
  — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
• The massive Starship rocket is the one that Elon Musk's space company plans to use to send astronauts to the moon and, at some point, to Mars.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Apr. 2023
• With scientists leading the way, astronauts scrambled around the crater floor, slopes and rim.
  — Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
• For the United States, American astronauts have not set foot on the moon since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Matt Damon plays astronaut Mark Watney in the movie, who gets stranded on the planet.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
• The energy dense, lightweight cells could extend the time astronauts can spend on space walks from four to eight hours.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024
• For the United States, American astronauts have not set foot on the moon since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• In May, China launched a three-person crew for its orbiting space station and hopes to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade.
  — Ashok Sharma, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• And for any wanna-be astronaut, the Space Center Houston will wow.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2023
• Our hope is that, this time, two decades will have been enough time to ensure the astronauts onboard return home safely.
  — Matthew Beddingfield, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
• There’s even a possibility that astronauts could go to the site one day.
  — Lila Levinson, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
• In May, China sent three more astronauts into space and made clear its ambitions to send a team to the moon before 2030.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• Tending to gardens in space also helps the morale of some of the astronauts and can help scientists back on Earth develop better farming techniques.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
• However, Martinez emphasized, Apollo 11’s recognition is in the form of round plaques at all four corners of Hollywood and Vine, listing the names of the astronauts involved in the first moon landing.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024