Journal 108 – Astronaut or cosmonaut?

Astronaut is a person who pilots a spacecraft in space program of the United States. In Russia and the others European countries this man or woman is called cosmonaut. The Chinese people called this kind of person taikonaut. This word comes from Chinese words “tai kong” which mean “outer space”. An astronaut, cosmonaut and taikonaut can be too a person who works in space. How call men and women who are lanchued in a space, in different countries, I don’t know.

Astronauts, cosmonauts and taikonaut operate spacecraft. They can conduct scientific programs. The word astronaut comes from Greek words that mean sailor among the stars. Cosmonaut means sailor of the universe. When we are talking about cosmos, we mean any complete and harmonious system.