Examples of cosmonaut in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The show features a one-third scale model of Vostok, which made Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the first human in space on April 12, 1961—just 23 days ahead of Shepard’s journey. — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022 The pair celebrated Cosmonaut’s Day—a celebration of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin carrying out the first human spaceflight in 1961—and announced a joint project to guarantee both countries independent access to space. — Robert Hart, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 The rare news conference followed a visit by the two leaders to the Vostochny Cosmodrome to mark Russia’s annual Cosmonautics Day, which commemorates the world’s first manned space flight, by a Soviet cosmonaut in 1961. — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 And in a nod to Belarus’s status as Russia’s key ally in the war, Mr. Putin promised to send a Belarusian cosmonaut into space as early as next year. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 Dubrov moved into Russia’s top five, well short of the 437-day, 17-hour marathon by a cosmonaut-physician aboard the 1990s Mir space station that remains the world record. — Marcia Dunn, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2022 Dubrov moved into Russia’s top five, well short of the 437-day, 17-hour marathon by a cosmonaut-physician aboard the 1990s Mir space station that remains the world record. — Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2022 The mission, which went for 11 months, was a research project set up to study the effects of long-term spaceflight with Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko as the participants. — Allison Gasparini, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022 My father, the Black cosmonaut, frenzied by thirst. — Warsan Shire, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2022 See More

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