"astronaut" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- An astronaut, Major Robert Gaines, is orbiting the Earth in his space capsule.
- A significant step in the US Apollo manned lunar missions, Apollo 8 was the first time astronauts orbited the Moon.
- Soviet astronauts are now orbiting Earth in Mir, a large module that is seen as the nucleus for a larger space station.
- In all, 20 astronauts orbited Earth, 14 traveled to the Moon, and twelve walked upon its surface.
- And five American astronauts were safely orbiting 184 miles above the earth, completing a revolution once every 90 minutes.
- When astronauts are orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth's surface, they still have to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom.
- From 1962 to 1963, Atlas boosters launched the first four American astronauts to orbit the Earth.
- Two other astronauts who are featured in In the Shadow of the Moon orbited or looped around the Moon without landing.
- During his tenure NASA launched the first seven Apollo missions, in which 20 astronauts orbited the earth, 14 flew to the moon and 4 walked on its surface.
- For the next three hours the "astronauts," all in the seventh grade, orbited the earth, launched a satellite and successfully navigated their craft through the difficult descent back to the ground.
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