cosmonaut
noun
cos·mo·naut
ˈkäz-mə-ˌnȯt 
-ˌnät
: an astronaut of the Soviet or Russian space program
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The crew of international astronauts selected for the mission also includes NASA pilot Nichole Ayers and two mission specialists from other space agencies: Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov welcomed the incoming crew — NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov — to the orbiting outpost.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Hague, the Crew 9 commander, arrived at the station last September aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule along with cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
This would be the first all-female flight crew since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, Williams, Wilmore, Hague and Gorbunov welcomed the incoming crew — NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov — to the orbiting outpost.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Hague, the Crew 9 commander, arrived at the station last September aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule along with cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
This would be the first all-female flight crew since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Cosmonaut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmonaut. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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cosmonaut
noun
cos·mo·naut
ˈkäz-mə-ˌnȯt
-ˌnät
: a Soviet or Russian astronaut
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