crewmate

noun crew·mate \ ˈkrü-ˌmāt \

|Updated on: 3 Jun 2018

Definition of crewmate

: a fellow crewman

Recent Examples of crewmate from the Web

That leaves Armstrong’s Apollo 11 crewmate and space superstar 88-year-old Buzz Aldrin still alive, but no others from the first three missions to actually land on the moon.

— richard tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, "With Alan Bean's death, only four living moon walkers still with us," 29 May 2018
Perched atop a gargantuan Saturn 5 rocket, Bean and his crewmates -- commander Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon -- blasted off on Nov. 14, 1969.

— william harwood, CBS News, "Alan Bean, astronaut who walked on the moon, dies at 86," 26 May 2018
Back on Earth, Bean maintained a joking rapport with his crewmates, including Richard F. Gordon Jr., who didn’t get a chance to step onto the moon, as his role was to remain on board the craft.

— gabrielle banks, Houston Chronicle, "BEAN OBIT," 26 May 2018
The orbiter exploded shortly after liftoff — killing McAuliffe and all six of her crewmates.

— thom patterson, CNN, "How space travel can unite a fractured world," 18 May 2018
Dysart, along with the captain and another crewmate were inside when the waves hit, Nguyen said, and were able to deploy the boat’s life raft and save the others.

— Washington Post, "APNewsBreak: Wife says observer on sunken boat ‘traumatized’," 29 Mar. 2018
As the space station approached Italy early in the spacewalk, Mission Control urged Bresnik and Vande Hei to take some photos for their crewmate, Paolo Nespoli.

— marcia dunn, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Spacewalking astronauts grease robot arm's new hand," 10 Oct. 2017
Two crewmates who launched with Whitson in November returned to Earth three months ago.

— author: irene klotz, Alaska Dispatch News, "Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth," 3 Sep. 2017
Marquez went cabin to cabin, rousing sleepy crewmates.

— Bloomberg.com, "The Hijacking of the Brillante Virtuoso," 27 July 2017

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