What is the difference between Cosmonaut & Astronaut ?

Answer 1

both words are from Greek.

Cosmonaut means sailor of the universe.
russian space explorers are known as cosmonauts

Astronaut means sailor among the stars
american space explorers are known as astronauts

Answer 2

Difference Between Astronaut And Cosmonaut

Answer 3

There's no difference, both mean the same. The word cosmonaut is used by the Russians, other people call astronaut.

Answer 4

the difference betweenn a cosmonaut and an astronaut is da same as da difference between vladimir putin and george bush
just trying to be funny as im not the first one to answer and im not the best



An astronaut of Russia(or the former Soviet Union) is called a "cosmonaut". The word was derived from "kosmos"(univer se) and "nautes"(sailor /navigator).

American space travelers are astronauts; Russian space travelers are cosmonauts; Chinese space travelers are taikonauts.

Answer 5

cosmonauts and astronauts are the same

but the difference is cosmonaut refers to a russian astronaut and

astronaut is the word we use for american astronauts

Answer 6

A Cosmonaut is Russian, Astronaut is American. One of those petty little cold war differences.

Answer 7

Well there is no difference in them.The Astronaut is an American term while Cosmonaut is an Russian term!

Answer 8

Russian space travellers/researchers are known as cosmonaut but American travellers/researchers are known as Astronaut

Answer 9

they mean the same except that Russians call then Cosmonaut and Americans Astronauts

Answer 10

Astronauts are usually from U.S.A. or European countries etc, cosmonauts from the old eastern european block i.e. Russia

There's no real difference in meaning, as both words are based on the Greek word 'nautes' = sailor. The other parts are also Greek in origin, with 'astron' = star and 'kosmos' = universe. So, American spacemen are 'star-sailors'

Answer 11

Cosmonauts are Russian