Words / B2

ASTR-uh-nort/ˈæstrənɔːt/

An astronaut is a person trained to travel in a spacecraft: a NASA astronaut; astronaut training. Cosmonaut is the Russian twin; spacefarer is rarer. Name the astronaut in the space source, then the mission year. Mix-up: astronomer (someone who studies space from Earth); astrology. Do not write astronaut for a drone operator on the ground.

Meaning

A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.

Examples

• “Name the astronaut in the space source, then the mission year.”
• “Astronaut training featured in the STEM case, which is the career-path sense.”

Good to know

an astronaut; astronaut training / crew. Russian twin: cosmonaut. Earth-based twin: astronomer. Trap: astrology. Physics, history, and news. A person trained to travel in space, not a stargazer on Earth.

Near in meaning

cosmonaut, spacefarer

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