How to Use astronaut in a Sentence

astronaut

noun

• The length of the flight also bears weight on the astronauts.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• The rocket will launch astronauts for the Artemis missions to the Moon.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
• There is no rush to fly the astronauts home, NASA said.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
• This isn't the first time an eclipse has been seen by SDO or by astronauts in space.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• The astronaut puts water into the pack and swishes it around to mix the milk.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
• The astronaut says the Earth means freedom for them both, but what does that mean?
  — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 9 Nov. 2021
• The Earth is sort of like an astronaut with a spinning wheel.
  — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022
• So the astronaut comes back and looks for his wife and his family.
  — Vulture, 17 July 2023
• The event honored female astronauts — past and present — for the first time.
  — Catherine Santino, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• If the moon was Europe, my father was an astronaut who died on his way to the moon.
  — Warsan Shire, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022
• And what kind of message does that send about who can be an astronaut?
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• In the case of our astronaut, that comes in the form of another creature crash-landing on the planet at the end of the movie.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2021
• On May 8, over 24 hours after launch, the two astronauts will arrive at the ISS.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• In the new study, the astronauts underwent a series of tests.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
• Lovell, 38, a Navy captain, returned to earth with the most flight time recorded in the space log of any astronaut.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• SpaceX hopes its new suits can be used one day by astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars.
  — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
• This isn’t the first time a U.S. astronaut has had their stay extended.
  — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• About 20 years later, Sally Ride was the first woman in space — and the first gay astronaut.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 25 Jan. 2023
• In the 80-minute space saga, Paul and Hartnett play astronauts aboard a spaceship on a six-year mission.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
• For one piece, Hodge sent Kerr an image with an astronaut in it.
  — Robert Boyd, Chron, 16 May 2023
• Spending time in each astronaut’s head is a sparkling gift.
  — Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
• Like Space Toad, the plucky bat likely perished in its attempt to be the very first bat astronaut.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2023
• The Starship is designed to take astronauts and cargo to the Red Planet, the Moon, and beyond.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
• Lastly, astronauts lost for eight months and then found a tomato in space.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
• There was a fire on the launchpad during the test that resulted in the deaths of all three astronauts inside.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The astronauts’ paths to space couldn’t be more different.
  — Marcia Dunn, al, 26 Aug. 2023
• Only, the pilot sitting in front of me in the cockpit is no NASA astronaut.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2022
• China is about to send off the first female astronaut to work on its new space station.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
• In the meantime, the seven astronauts already aboard the space station orbiting about 250 miles above Earth have been diligently preparing for the new arrivals.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 June 2025
• In extreme cases, powerful flares even pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts, according to NASA.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 June 2025