Two Indian astronauts will soon start training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, with one of them flying to the ISS on an upcoming private astronaut mission.
Both of the astronauts, called Gaganyatris by ISRO, had completed ISRO’s own training program for spaceflight that included time at the Star City training center in Russia.
Neat, so we’ve got:
USA: Astronaut
Russia: Cosmonaut
China: Taikonaut
India: Gaganyatris
Any other countries with special names for space-people?
Neat, so we’ve got:
Any other countries with special names for space-people?
Brexiteers?
Someone needs to message Tim Peake and get his opinion on what he should be called.