"astronaut" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Dr. Baker, a civilian astronaut with NASA since 1985, is making her first space flight.
- It honors NASA astronauts along with several military and civilian astronauts who have died in the line of duty.
- Dr. Shannon W. Lucid, a civilian astronaut, set the old American record in a mission to Russia's space station Mir in 1996.
- He made his first space flight, as command pilot of Gemini 8, in 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space.
- The selections were kept secret until three days later, although newspaper reports had been circulating since earlier that year that he would be selected as the "first civilian astronaut."
- The pay grades for civilian astronauts are GS-11 through GS-14, based on academic achievements and experience.
- LEAD: For the flight of the space shuttle Discovery, the space agency chose three military officers and two civilian astronauts.
- Frederick D. Gregory Mission Commander For the flight of the space shuttle Discovery, the space agency chose three military officers and two civilian astronauts.
- It is named in memory of Christa McAuliffe, the civilian astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster.
- McAuliffe was a civilian astronaut, part of NASA's Teacher in Space program.
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