cosmonaut• Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the Earth.• Wichman also prepared a training manual for prospectivepassengers by interviewing astronauts and cosmonauts about the things that bugged them.• Athletes, including Sebastian Coe, and cosmonauts are among well-knownusers of ginsengtoday.• Packed three or four to a closet-sized room, students can come to envy the elbow room affordedsardines and cosmonauts.• A letter signed by former cosmonauts and rocket scientists and 16,000 Muscovites has been handed to Putin.• On other flights, Soviet cosmonauts could work only about four hours a day.
Origincosmonaut
(1900-2000)Russiankosmonavt, from Greekkosmos ( → COSMOS) + Russian-navt (as in aeronavt“flyer”; → AERONAUTICS)