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Astronaut, which is derived from words meaning "star sailor," can be used to describe anyone who travels beyond the atmosphere of a planet, but it is usually attached to individuals (or those in small groups) who travel into a local orbit around their homeworld or beyond.

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Astronaut is freed from mind parasite when he leaves Earth's gravity well

In the late 90s I read a short story (probably written much earlier) in which an astronaut on a mission to Mars is surprised to discover that he has spent his whole life with an invisible and undetect …
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