What is cosmonaut?

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

NASA plans to air coverage of the departure and landing activities of NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra, European Space Agency astronaut Timothy Peake and Roscosmos cosmonaut Yurk Malenchenko when they depart the International Space Station and return to earth on June 18, 2016, the space administration said. read more

cosmonaut A crew member of a space mission launched by the former Soviet Union. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. read more