Definition of COSMONAUT

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Recent Examples on the Web In 2000, American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, became the first residents of the international space station. — BostonGlobe.com, "Today is Saturday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2019. There are 59 days left in the year.," 2 Nov. 2019 The pair aren't the first women to walk in space: 12 pioneering astronauts and cosmonauts made that step into the final frontier before them. — Aj Willingham, CNN, "A surprise party, Sriracha secrets and some serious twinning," 19 Oct. 2019 The first was Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya. — Marcia Dunn, Twin Cities, "World’s 1st female spacewalking team makes history," 18 Oct. 2019 On Friday, Roscosmos tweeted a tribute to the fallen cosmonaut, touting his many achievements. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, "Alexei Leonov, the First Man to Walk In Space, Has Died," 11 Oct. 2019 Valentina Tereshkova, an early cosmonaut, became the first woman in orbit in 1963. — National Geographic, "Countdown to a new era inSpace," 17 June 2019 As a symbol of the party’s seemingly boundless future, the building was named Cité Gagarine, after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. — New York Times, "French Housing Project, Once a Symbol of the Future, Is Now a Tale of the Past," 11 Sep. 2019 Although American Scott Kelly famously spent almost one year in space aboard the ISS, the record for the longest single spaceflight goes to Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov. — Dean Regas, Cincinnati.com, "Top moments in space in the 50 years since Apollo 11 moon landing," 10 July 2019 In 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. — BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 25 July 2019

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“Cosmonaut.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmonaut. Accessed 22 November 2019.