Definitions for ASTRONAUTS
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1. astronauts

   An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον (astron), meaning 'star', and ναύτης (nautes), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists."Astronaut" technically applies to all human space travelers regardless of nationality. However, astronauts fielded by Russia or the Soviet Union are typically known instead as cosmonauts (from the Russian "kosmos" (космос), meaning "space", also borrowed from Greek). Comparatively recent developments in crewed spaceflight made by China have led to the rise of the term taikonaut (from the Mandarin "tàikōng" (太空), meaning "space"), although its use is somewhat informal and its origin is unclear. In China, the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps astronauts and their foreign counterparts are all officially called hángtiānyuán (航天员, meaning "heaven navigator" or literally "heaven-sailing staff"). Since 1961, 600 astronauts have flown in space. Until 2002, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. With the suborbital flight of the privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut.

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1. Astronauts

   Astronauts was a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1981. It was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, two of The Goodies. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who wrote Porridge, were script editors. It was made for the ITV network by ATV, which became Central midway through the production run.

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1. Astronauts

   Members of spacecraft crew including those who travel in space, and those in training for space flight. (From Webster, 10th ed; Jane's Aerospace Dictionary, 3d ed)

How to pronounce ASTRONAUTS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASTRONAUTS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASTRONAUTS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ASTRONAUTS in a Sentence

1. Andrew Machles:

   We're going to slime a couple of astronauts and put Crew Dragon through a couple demonstrations.

2. Jamie Foster:

   As astronauts explore space, they're taking with them a company of different microbial species, and it's really important to understand how those microbes, collectively called the microbiome, change in the space environment and how those relationships are established.

3. Christopher Mason:

   This study underscores the need to monitor vascular changes in astronauts.

4. Jessica Watkins:

   This is certainly an important milestone, I think, both for our [ space ] agency and for the country, i think it really is just a tribute to the legacy of the Black women astronauts that have come before me as well as to the exciting future ahead.

5. Eddie Gossage:

   I’ve met American Presidents and scholars. Astronauts and artists. World famous musicians and athletes. But the greatest man I ever met was Bruton Smith, we had so much fun working together. He always treated me like an equal as he taught me lessons about business and life.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronauts
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ASTRONAUTS