[Q&A] - "What's difference between cosmonaut and astronaut?"

[UltimaOnline]

“Astronaut” refers to an American or western European space traveler and “cosmonaut” refers to a Soviet or Russian space traveler.

China calls its space travelers “taikonauts.” ie. 太空 -nauts

 

[eatshitndie]

sinkies will call their spaced out unkers tikonauts.

 

[glockman]

And when the CCP's spaceships start to explode on take-off, they can be called taikon-nots.