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astronaut|ˈæstrəʊnɔːt|
[f. astro- + Gr. ναύτ-ης sailor, after aeronaut.]
1. Name given to a space ship. rare—1.
1880P. Greg Across the Zodiac I. 27 In shape my Astronaut somewhat resembled the form of an antique Dutch East-Indiaman.
2. One who travels in space, i.e. beyond the earth's atmosphere; a student or devotee of astronautics. Cf. cosmonaut.
1929Jrnl. Brit. Astr. Assoc. June 331 That first obstacle encountered by the would-be ‘Astronaut’, viz., terrestrial gravitation. 1954N.Y. Times 4 Apr. E9/7 The escape velocity from the earth is 25,000 miles an hour, yet astronauts talk glibly of achieving it, though they are fully aware of the heat that will be generated. 1957P. Moore Sci. & Fiction xvii. 171 The astronauts taking off for the planet Hesikos remain standing upright. 1961Times 6 May 8/3 President Kennedy spoke to Commander Alan Shepard by radiotelephone a few minutes after the astronaut was delivered by helicopter to the deck of the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain. 1962J. Glenn in Into Orbit 4 We Astronauts have a mission... We are helping to break the bonds that have kept the human race pinned to the earth. 1966Electronics 31 Oct. 39 Should a single goal—such as a manned landing on Mars in the 1980's—be chosen for the nation's space program once the Apollo astronauts have landed on the moon? 1971International Herald Tribune 3 June 1 American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts today swapped anecdotes about their experience in space exploration. |