# Astronaut

Astronauts are launching to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission, while news emerges about a Chinese astronaut hearing an unexplained sound in space.

### About Astronaut
Astronaut refers to a person trained to travel in a spacecraft.  

### Insights
- astronaut sentiment is up 17.91% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [----------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:astronaut/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/astronaut/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [----------]  
Daily Average: [----------]  
[--] Week: [----------] -50%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -68%  
[--] Months: [-------------] -8.10%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +105%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-12-22  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-10-19  

Engagements by network (24h):
YouTube: [---------]
Instagram: [------]
News: [------]
TikTok: [---------]
X: [---------]
Reddit: [------]

  
  
### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:astronaut/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/astronaut/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-11-26  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-17  

Mentions by network (24h):
YouTube: [-----]
Instagram: [--]
News: [--]
TikTok: [---]
X: [-----]
Reddit: [---]

  
  
### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:astronaut/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/astronaut/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Astronaut in the last [--] hours which is up 9.20% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-11-26  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-10-19  

The most influential creators that mention Astronaut in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                  | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                  | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@upediashorts](/creator/youtube/upediashorts)           | [--]    | [----------] | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@pinkysmash](/creator/youtube/pinkysmash)               | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@everydayastronaut](/creator/youtube/everydayastronaut) | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@france24_en](/creator/youtube/france24_en)             | [--]    | [---------]  | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@nasa](/creator/youtube/nasa)                           | [--]    | [----------] | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@dancingastro](/creator/twitter/dancingastro)           | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@chillastronaut](/creator/youtube/chillastronaut)       | [--]    | [------]     | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@thesciencebunker](/creator/youtube/thesciencebunker)   | [--]    | [-------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@headspaceastro2](/creator/twitter/headspaceastro2)     | [--]    | [---]        | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@Erdayastronaut](/creator/twitter/Erdayastronaut)       | [--]   | [---------]  | [--]     | [---]         |

[View More](/list/creators/astronaut/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 87%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:astronaut/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/astronaut/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 87%  
Daily Average: 79%  
[--] Week: 79% +12%  
[--] Month: 80% -10%  
[--] Months: 80% -4%  
[--] Year: 80% +16%  
1-Year High: 97% on 2025-03-06  
1-Year Low: 25% on 2026-01-06  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Engagements Surge: (80%) Astronaut engagements have seen a massive increase of 397.82% from the previous week, reaching a 52-week high and an all-time high of [-----------].
- Content Creation Increase: (15%) The number of astronaut posts created has risen by 62.04% compared to the previous week, indicating increased activity and interest.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Creator Activity Decline: (5%) The number of unique social accounts posting about astronaut has decreased by 72% in the last [--] hours, indicating a potential slowdown in new content generation.
  

### Top Astronaut News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"American war hero rips 'clueless' MAGA Speaker over defense of Trump - nj.com Mark Kelly a retired Navy captain and former astronaut told CNN that the attempted indictment was an attack on our democracy.""  
[News Link](https://www.nj.com/politics/2026/02/american-war-hero-targeted-by-trump-blasts-clueless-maga-speaker.html) [@njdotcom](/creator/x/njdotcom) 2026-02-13T12:20Z 535.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Astronaut crew headed to space station after medical evacuation A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASAs first medical evacuation"  
[News Link](https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/new-astronauts-launch-to-the-international-space-station-after-medical-evacuation/) [@CTVNews](/creator/x/CTVNews) 2026-02-13T12:01Z 2.5M followers, [----] engagements


"A Chinese Astronaut Heard A Sound In Space That Hasn't Been Explained In Two Decades Space is full of mysterious sounds some of which even have explanations. But that"  
[News Link](https://www.bgr.com/1977131/chinese-astronaut-impossible-sound-space-two-decades-explained/) [@BGR](/creator/x/BGR) 2026-02-12T18:36Z 129.5K followers, 200.2K engagements


"Astronaut and cosmonauts return to Earth after getting stuck in space for more than a year Space The Guardian Trio had to stay longer on International Space Station after their original return capsule was hit by space junk"  
[News Link](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/astronauts-and-cosmonauts-return-to-earth-after-getting-stuck-in-space-for-more-than-a-year) [@guardian](/creator/x/guardian) 2025-03-26T14:56Z 10.3M followers, 2.6M engagements



### Top Astronaut Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"@GPX_Press This is not from the Epstein files stop lying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ApeAstro_USA/status/2022464890750046537) [@ApeAstro_USA](/creator/x/ApeAstro_USA) 2026-02-14T00:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"NASA astronaut Anne McClain's ex-wife Summer Heather Worden was sentenced to three months in federal prison over falsely accusing McClain of accessing her bank account from space in July [----]. http://bit.ly/4tCes3f http://bit.ly/4tCes3f"  
[X Link](https://x.com/enews/status/2022436885788766468) [@enews](/creator/x/enews) 2026-02-13T22:25Z 11.1M followers, 23.6K engagements


"A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida with a crew of two US NASA astronauts a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission in microgravity https://reut.rs/4qBbYj2 https://reut.rs/4qBbYj2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Reuters/status/2022420515315683598) [@Reuters](/creator/x/Reuters) 2026-02-13T21:20Z 25M followers, 35.7K engagements


"NASA and SpaceX launched four astronauts toward the International Space Station on February [--] from Cape Canaveral Florida. The Crew-12 mission includes two NASA astronauts a European Space Agency astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@nypost/video/7606461428895075598) [@nypost](/creator/tiktok/nypost) 2026-02-13T21:15Z 3.6M followers, 13.6K engagements

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