cosmonautics

[koz-muh-naw-tiks, -not-iks]

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmonautics¹

First recorded in 1945–50; cosmonaut, -ics

Example Sentences

The two leaders were due to head to the Vostochny Cosmodrome to mark Russia's annual Cosmonautics Day, commemorating the first manned space flight made in 1961 by the Russian Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

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And for Andrey Ionin, a member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics who favors international projects, a new station would represent a step backward.

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Valentina Ponomaryova later worked as staff head of cosmonautics for the academy.

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The album’s version of Rogozin’s “I Fly Above Russia” — with an accordion solo — was performed by folk icon Nikolay Rastorguyev in 2018 on Cosmonautics Day, a holiday marked by the type of patriotic-themed concerts that have grown increasingly popular in recent years.

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"Bykovsky belonged to the first generation of Soviet cosmonauts, who wrote many bright pages in the glorious history of Russian manned cosmonautics," officials at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City said in a statement.

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