cos
mo
naut
Plural
cosmonauts
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an astronaut from Russia or the former Soviet Union
- Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to orbit the Earth in 1961.
- Cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station conduct scientific experiments in microgravity.
- Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman cosmonaut to travel to space in 1963.
- Russian cosmonauts train extensively at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center before space missions.
- The Soviet Union launched several successful cosmonaut missions during the Space Race with the United States.