Cosmonaut (Noun)
Meaning
A person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Yuri Gagarin became the first cosmonaut to orbit the Earth in 1961 aboard Vostok 1.
- As a young cosmonaut, he had spent years training for his maiden voyage to space.
- In the early days of space exploration, cosmonauts faced immense risks with limited understanding of space travel.
- Her father, a seasoned cosmonaut, was revered in Russia for his record-breaking missions.
- A statue honoring the bravery of Russian cosmonauts stood tall at the museum's entrance.