List of cosmonauts - Wikipedia All were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, worn on the left breast and the Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR decoration, worn on the right By the time that the twelfth cosmonaut ( Georgy Beregovoy ) flew in 1968, Komarov and Gagarin were both dead
What is a Cosmonaut? (with pictures) - AllTheScience Just like American astronauts, past and present cosmonauts are intelligent, extremely brave, and gifted The modern cosmonaut tends to be associated with either the Russian Federal Space Agency or the National Space Agency of Ukraine
cosmonaut vs astronaut - Star Lust American or Russian, Astronaut or Cosmonaut, these brave man and women have been a key part in pushing the human race further into space Many of the experiments they have conducted are contributing to learning more about space, our place in the universe and our future in the solar system
Astronaut vs. Cosmonaut: Understanding the Key Differences A cosmonaut is a space traveler who is trained and certified by the Russian space agency to work on space missions Cosmonauts undergo similar training to astronauts, including physical conditioning, technical training, and learning how to live and work in the microgravity environment of space
Cosmonauts — Google Arts Culture In the end, the decision to select Gagarin as the first cosmonaut was highly symbolic and political, and his working-class upbringing and photogenic smile were just as important as his ability to