Etymology
The word "astronaut" is derived from two Greek roots:
Meaning
Astronaut refers to a person who travels into space, especially one who is trained to perform a mission in space, typically in a spacecraft.
Origin
The term "astronaut" was first used in the early 20th century to describe a hypothetical person who traveled to other planets. However, it was not until the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957 and the subsequent space race between the Soviet Union and the United States that the term gained widespread use.
In 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space, and he was followed by American astronaut Alan Shepard in 1961. Since then, hundreds of astronauts from different countries have traveled to space and made significant contributions to our understanding of the universe.
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