コスモノート

noun

cosmonaut

Specifically a Russian or former Soviet space traveler, as opposed to an American 'astronaut' or Chinese 'taikonaut'. Used in contexts distinguishing national space programs.

from Russian kosmonavt

• ガガーリンは世せ界かい初はつのコスモノートだ。

  Gagarin was the world's first cosmonaut.

• ロシアのコスモノートが国こく際さい宇う宙ちゅうステーションに長ちょう期き滞たい在ざいした。

  Russian cosmonauts stayed on the International Space Station for a long period.