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- An astronaut is a person who has undergone specialised training to travel through space.
- Any crew member or member of a space shuttle mission that is travelling into space is referred to as a “astronaut” by NASA.
- Latin’s translation of the word “astronaut” is “Star Sailor.”
- Before being given the opportunity to travel to space, astronauts must undergo demanding physical and mental preparation.
- In orbit, astronauts are required to exercise every day.
- The first human sent into space was Yuri Gagarin.
- The first person to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong.
- The first woman to travel to space was Valentina Tereshkova.
- A Soviet Union-born Russian was the first human to travel into space.
- In English, astronauts are referred to as “astronauts,” but in Russian, they are referred to as “cosmonauts.”
