Astronaut and cosmonaut are the names given to people who travel in space, either as a pilot or crew member of a spacecraft. Astronaut is widely used by English-speaking countries, cosmonaut is used by Russia. Other countries like China use completely different words for space traveler.
But they are essentially the same thing, astronaut being an American version and cosmonaut generally referring to Russian space travelers. It is the English rendering of the Russian word Kosmonavt
An astronaut or cosmonaut.
космонавт (Anglecized . . . 'Cosmonaut')
An astronaut is a commander, pilot, or a crew member of a spacecraft. In Russia an astronaut is known as a cosmonaut.
An astronaut or a cosmonaut.
Cosmonaut or astronaut.
Cosmonaut
Astronaut and cosmonaut are the names given to people who travel in space, either as a pilot or crew member of a spacecraft. Astronaut is widely used by English-speaking countries, cosmonaut is used by Russia. Other countries like China use completely different words for space traveler.But they are essentially the same thing, astronaut being an American version and cosmonaut generally referring to Russian space travelers. It is the English rendering of the Russian word Kosmonavt
A cosmonaut is another term for an astronaut. Generally, the term "cosmonaut" is used only for astronauts associated with the Soviet or Russian space program.
the Russian wor for an astronaut. they call them cosmonaut.
astronaut
astronaut
astronaut cosmonaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut.
The Esperanto words for astronaut and cosmonaut are very similar to the English words. In Esperanto you would use astronaŭto and kosmonaŭto.
космонавт (Anglecized . . . 'Cosmonaut')
Cosmonaut is the conventional English term for a Russian astronaut, but the terms astronaut and cosmonaut are considered interchangeable. Cosmonaut derives from the Greek for universe + sailor.The Soviet [Russian] cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin has the distinction of having been the first human in space and the first to orbit, orbiting the Earth in 1961.
Cosmenauts