{"id":5648,"date":"2011-05-03T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/2011\/05\/03\/cosmonaut-the-word-of-the-month-april-2011\/"},"modified":"2021-04-02T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T09:44:10","slug":"cosmonaut-the-word-of-the-month-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gymglish.com\/de\/2011\/05\/03\/cosmonaut-the-word-of-the-month-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"COSMONAUT: The Word of the Month April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every month, we take a look at a word in the headlines, in English, for your English. See more at The Word of the\u00a0Month<\/a>.<\/h4>\n
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Definitions:<\/h3>\n

Cosmonaut<\/strong> (noun):
\n\u2022 a space explorer, someone who works and travels in space. In Russia.<\/p>\n

Astronaut<\/strong> (noun):
\n\u2022 a space explorer, someone who works and travels in space. In America.<\/p>\n

An Astronaut is just like a Cosmonaut: identical, but superior in every way.<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/h3>\n

In April 2011, the 50th anniversary of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin\u2019s 1961 flight into space was celebrated with this special rendition of the Soviet National Anthem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comedian Coluche<\/strong> called Gagarin \u201cthe unluckiest man on earth: he flew around the world 17 times and landed back in the USSR.\u201d<\/p>\n

The space race was finally won by the US when musician Louis Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.<\/p>\n

Fun Facts:<\/h3>\n

Gagarin was the first human in space, but not the first animal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Laika<\/a>, a dog, flew on the Russian shuttle Sputnik2 four years before Yuri. She died in space.<\/p>\n

After his trip to space, this monkey<\/a> said \u201cThey told me I was going back to the jungle!\u201d<\/p>\n

Also:<\/h3>\n

Yuri Gagarin is one of many Russians who made the motherland proud. Others include:<\/p>\n