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 person who goes into space is called an astronaut by the US and a Cosmonaut by the Russians.
the Russians MIR is a controll in space
The name of the first satellite was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
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The first thing the Russians sent into space was the satellite Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957. It was a landmark achievement as it marked the beginning of the space age and the start of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Russians launched the first space station, Salyut 1, on April 19, 1971. It marked the beginning of a series of space stations in the Salyut program that paved the way for long-duration human spaceflight missions.
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to beat the russians and or CCCP/USSR in the space race to prove america
1957 by the russians
Sputnik-1 was the first satellite in space made by the Russians, it was launched 4th October 1957.
1957 by the russians