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Elsewhere, the Lisbon festival will screen Fernando Vendrell’s Alem do Horizonte – A Travessia (Beyond the Horizon – The Crossing), which recalls early 20th-century Portuguese aeronauts Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho as the first aviators to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a single leg.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
During the American Civil War, aeronauts from the Union Balloon Corps piloted vessels such as the Intrepid, Constitution, Eagle, and Washington.
—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
That means if the rocket is terminated after just two jaunts to the Moon, sending a total of eight aeronauts on the Artemis II and III missions, NASA will have spent more than $10 billion on each astronaut’s lunar trek.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The aeronauts were unwittingly participating in an experiment that would alter the course of mathematical physics.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
During the American Civil War, aeronauts from the Union Balloon Corps piloted vessels such as the Intrepid, Constitution, Eagle, and Washington.
—Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
That means if the rocket is terminated after just two jaunts to the Moon, sending a total of eight aeronauts on the Artemis II and III missions, NASA will have spent more than $10 billion on each astronaut’s lunar trek.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The aeronauts were unwittingly participating in an experiment that would alter the course of mathematical physics.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2025
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“Aeronaut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aeronaut. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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aeronaut
noun
aero·naut
ˈar-ə-ˌnȯt 
ˈer-,
-nät
: a person who operates or travels in an airship or a balloon
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