Have there been any midget cosmonauts/astronauts?

No, there haven't been any small astronauts or cosmonauts. The vehicles have pretty strict size constraints both upward and downward. You couldn't be an astronaut in the 60s if you were too tall. read more

Astronaut and cosmonaut almost have the same meaning as far as the profession is concerned. It is because of the space race that different terms were created. Yet, there are a few notable differences than Americans using the term "astronaut" and Russians using the term "cosmonaut". read more

As of 2018, there have been 18 astronaut and cosmonaut fatalities during spaceflight. Astronauts have also died while training for space missions, such as the Apollo 1 launch pad fire which killed an entire crew of three. There have also been some non-astronaut fatalities during spaceflight-related activities. read more