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 …

Sep 22, 2025 · The term “astronaut” derives from the Greek words meaning “star sailor,” and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for …

Oct 1, 2025 · Astronaut, designation, derived from the Greek words for ‘star’ and ‘sailor,’ commonly applied in the West to an individual who has flown in outer space. As of 2022, 587 …

The meaning of ASTRONAUT is a person whose profession is to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere; broadly : any person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere.

Sep 22, 2025 · NASA on Monday introduced the 10 people who will join the agency’s astronaut corps as it races to return humans to the moon.

Sep 22, 2025 · The four men and six women will report to NASA in January to begin two years of basic spaceflight training.

Mar 18, 2025 · Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are two NASA astronauts. Both were part of the inaugural mission of Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station. Boeing's Starliner …

As of November 2024, there are 47 active astronauts, 12 management astronauts, and 332 former astronauts or payload specialists, including those who have left NASA, and those who …

Mar 17, 2025 · On Tuesday, two NASA astronauts who had been in orbit since June, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, splashed down in calm, azure waters off the coast of the Florida …

Sep 22, 2025 · NASA will announce the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars.