astronaut

Thân thiện

An astronaut floats inside the International Space Station.

Definition

Noun: A person who is professionally trained to travel and work in outer space aboard a spacecraft. This term specifically denotes a crew member of a space mission.

Examples

• She dreamed of becoming an astronaut and exploring Mars.
• The astronaut conducted experiments aboard the International Space Station.
• Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the moon.

Advanced Usage

• "Astronaut candidate": A person selected and undergoing training to become a fully qualified astronaut.
  • After a rigorous selection process, she was chosen as an astronaut candidate.
• The term is often used generically, but specific space agencies have their own equivalents (e.g., for Russia, for China).

Variants and Related Words

• Cosmonaut (n): The Russian (and formerly Soviet) term for an astronaut.
• Taikonaut (n): A term for a Chinese astronaut.
• Spacefarer (n): A more general, sometimes literary, term for someone who travels in space.
• Astronautics (n): The science and technology of space travel.

Synonyms

• Space traveler
• Spaceman / Spacewoman
• Cosmonaut (context-specific)

Related Phrases

• Astronaut corps: The body of active astronauts within a space agency.
  • He served in NASA's astronaut corps for over a decade.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
   • the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spaceman
• cosmonaut