The Astronaut is a character of Zathura. He arrived at the house after Danny rolled the card "Rescue Stranded Astronaut", which is misread by Danny as "Rest On Standing Astroturf". The Astronaut gave Walter and Danny tips on surviving in the game. Examples are hiding the House from the Zorgons and helping Danny to retrieve the game when the Zorgons stole it. He also helped Walter and Danny become better brothers. In his last appearance, it is shown that he is actually a future version of Walter who decided to wish Danny out of existence when he played Zathura, leading him to travel the galaxy for fifteen years before passing through a Time Sphincter to return to the house and meet his past self and encourage him to stop fighting with Danny.
When the Astronaut wished Danny away, the game wouldn't let him continue moving. So the Astronaut was stuck in space forever. He was glad that Walter didn't make the same mistake. During the second Shooting Star, Walter wished that the Astronaut had his brother back. Another Danny then appears and merges with his current self, causing the truth to be revealed, before the Astronaut merges with Walter and vanishes.
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- Lisa had a crush on the Astronaut, but he didn't notice.
- The Astronaut is also Walter's adult counterpart.
- Danny and Walter went to a parallel dimension which was 15 years later.
- The Astronaut was Walter in an alternate past where he played the same game with his brother 15 years ago. He then landed in the star space (the blue and final dot of the board game) and got the same gold card which said: “SHOOTING STAR. Make a wish as it passes.” When the star passed he made a wish that his brother was never even born. Soon as he did it he felt very horrible and wanted to wish his brother back but the game wouldn’t let him because it wasn’t his turn. After that it is presumed he stayed in space on his own for the next 15 years
- The Astronaut was the same age as Walter when he was trapped in space for 15 years, this would mean that the Astronaut is in his mid or late twenties.
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