spaceman
noun
space·man
ˈspās-ˌman 
-mən
1
: one who travels outside the earth's atmosphere
2
: a visitor to earth from outer space
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As such, physics puzzler Heavenly Bodies is often a game of flailing noodle limbs and intrepid spacemen drifting out into the inky abyss.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The examples OpenAI gave during its beta unveiling ranged from animated a monster and kangaroo to realistic videos of people, like a woman walking down a street in Tokyo or a cinematic movie trailer of a spaceman on a salt desert.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
There is a gigantic 5-lane slide, a huge 25 ft. tall inflatable alien at the center of three bottomless ball pits, and a giant spaceman jumping around the moon base.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
In 1968, Major Anders — along with Col. Frank Borman, who like Major Anders was in the Air Force, and Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. of the Navy — was part of the first group of spacemen to leave the bounds of Earth’s orbit.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The examples OpenAI gave during its beta unveiling ranged from animated a monster and kangaroo to realistic videos of people, like a woman walking down a street in Tokyo or a cinematic movie trailer of a spaceman on a salt desert.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
There is a gigantic 5-lane slide, a huge 25 ft. tall inflatable alien at the center of three bottomless ball pits, and a giant spaceman jumping around the moon base.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
In 1968, Major Anders — along with Col. Frank Borman, who like Major Anders was in the Air Force, and Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. of the Navy — was part of the first group of spacemen to leave the bounds of Earth’s orbit.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024
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“Spaceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceman. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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spaceman
noun
space·man
ˈspā-ˌsman
-smən
1
: one who travels outside the earth's atmosphere
2
: a visitor to earth from outer space
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