They are called Cosmonauts in English and Russian. Of course, the English version is spelled differently from the Russian version ( космонавт ).
Americans and Europeans, are called astronauts. Russians are called cosmonauts.
a satellite called sputnik
A person who goes into space is called an astronaut by the US and a Cosmonaut by the Russians.
Boris. (The Russians called it "Sputnik" at the time.)
the Russians MIR is a controll in space
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Russians.
During the Cold War, the Americans hated the crap out of the Russians. The Americans wanted to beat the Russians in something to show dominance, and then they had the Space Race.
to beat the russians and or CCCP/USSR in the space race to prove america
While it is technically impossible to "walk" in space, the Russians (U.S.S.R at the time) were the first one's to go to space, and the American's were the first to walk on the moon.
Alan Shepard was the first American in space, a little less that a month after the Russians reached space
1957 by the russians