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Astronaut, but trained on vodka toasts and sheer Soviet stubbornness instead of PowerPoint.
means A Russian or Soviet space traveler — the Eastern counterpart to the American astronaut, same job, different flag.
from Built from Greek roots like its rival term: 'kosmos' (universe, order) plus 'nautes' (sailor), literally 'universe sailor.' Coined in Russian as 'kosmonavt' around the dawn of the Soviet space program in the late 1950s, it deliberately echoed 'astronaut' (star sailor) while staking out its own linguistic turf — a small Cold War flag planted in the dictionary rather than the Moon.
- etymology
- greek for universe sailor, naturally
- launch ritual
- urinate on the bus tire, always
- landing style
- crash-land on steppes, rockets cushion impact
- record holder
- valeri polyakov spent 437 days orbiting