The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ASTRONAUT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ASTRONAUT
- Job in space needs a mostly robust adult regularly employed
- One travelling to Saturn?
- Foremost of adventurers travelling to Saturn?
- One to depart this world like man strapped in tight?
- A confident walk catching on with a spaceman
- So a truant morphed into a high-flier?
- Adult blasting to Saturn?
- Space traveller’s American out to Saturn
- Space traveller advanced to Saturn in error
- Motion of Saturn to a space traveller
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The straight part
We know that "Adult blasting to Saturn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case adult blasting to saturn = astronaut.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ASTRONAUT mean?
ASTRONAUT noun- A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and his/her adopted home country.