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cosmonaut

[koz-muh-nawt, -not] / ˈkɒz məˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt /


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After entering the International Space Station, the Crew-13 astronauts and cosmonaut will complete a brief handover with members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

In March 1995 Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut, returned to Earth after a record 14 consecutive months in space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

This late uncertainty is just the most recent twist for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which includes Americans Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Fitting for an artist who once put himself through the physical rigors of cosmonaut training, the show feels like a dialogue between opposing forces — boundlessness and constraint, presence and absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

After Kondakova, Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya was the only woman cosmonaut in the Russian Space Program.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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