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What are astronauts called in Russia?
Cosmenauts
A Russian astronaut is called what?
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.
A person who goes into space is called?
Anyone who goes into space is called an Astronaut, or Cosmonaut.
What is the them for the rocket man?
A person who goes into space is called an astronaut by the US and a Cosmonaut by the Russians.
A soviet spaceman is called a?
cosmonaut
What do Russians call their astronauhts?
A Russian "cosmonaut" is called космонавт .
How was the first person out in to space?
It was a man called Yuri Gagarin, he was sent out by the USSR which was from russia, he lived in russia but actually when to china to take off, he was not an astronaut he was a comonaut, a cosmonaut is a an astronaut which is from russia sorry if ive gone on too much about this subject
What is a travler in space called?
Depending where that space traveler comes from they are called different things. Americans are called astronauts Russians are called cosmonauts Europeans are sometimes called spatianaut and the Chinese are called in the media Taikonauts. Usually other countries use the term astronaut. astronaut refers to the Latin word astro for star and naut, as in sailor or voyager, therefor an astronaut is a voyager of the star. where as a cosmonaut is Latin for universe, voyager of the universe.
What does it mean if you're called an Argonaut?
An Argonaut was a crew member of the ship The Argo, which Jason used in his quest for the Golden Fleece.
How is an astronaut better known in the Russian Federation?
The term cosmonaut is simply what the Russians call what we call Astronauts, people that are in space.From Wikipedia: The word is an anglicisation of the Russian word kosmonavt (Russian: космона́вт Russian pronunciation: [kəsmɐˈnaft]), which in turn derives from the Greek words kosmos (κόσμος), meaning "universe", and nautes(ναύτης), meaning "sailor".
What was the first flight in space?
The first manned space mission was performed by Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut. The mission was called Vostok 1 and it took place April 12, 1961.
First person who went to space?
is was a man called Yuri Gagarin, he was sent out by the USSR from russia, he was Russian but he actually went to china to take off, he was not an astronaut but a comonaut, a cosmonaut is an astronaut from russia :) sorry if i went on too long about this subject ____________________________________________________________ He is Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin from the former Soviet Union (now Russia). The 27-year-old Soviet Air Force major made his flight Apr 12, 1961, lasting 108 minutes and orbiting Earth in a rocket-propelled, five-ton space capsule.
