Shenzhou 17 will be launched into space next month | Why are they called “astronauts” abroad and “astronauts” in China?

As of 09:31 today

The Shenzhou 16 crew flew for 119 days

80%+ of the task time has passed

Entering the end of residency

The Shenzhou 17 crew will be arriving in a month

The Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft carrying three astronauts

It will be launched into space by the Long March 2F Yao-17 carrier rocket

The spacecraft will use the rapid rendezvous and docking mode to ascend

Docking at the forward port of the core module of the Chinese space station Tianhe

Carry out the third space rotation mission of China's manned space station project

It is reported that the crew of Shenzhou 17 is still a combination of old and new members.

Led by the first group of astronauts

With the third batch of astronauts

This means that the third batch of astronauts will have new faces

Just yesterday (September 25)

Astronauts of Shenzhou XII to XV

The title award ceremony was held in Beijing

Congratulations to the heroic astronauts

I wish them greater success.

Recently I discovered

Many people do not have a unified name for our astronauts

Some people call them "astronauts"

Some people also call them "astronauts"

What should we call it?

Today I will tell you about

The difference between "astronaut" and "astronaut"

Semantically speaking

Whether it is "astronaut" or "astronaut"

Both refer to those who have been trained to fly a spacecraft.

or those engaged in scientific research in space flight

So why are there different names?

This starts during the Cold War.

After Gagarin successfully entered space

The Soviet Union was the first to use the English name for astronauts.

"Cosmonaut"

To this day, the term still refers specifically to Russian astronauts.

The United States of course refuses to use the same name as others

A new term was created

"Astronaut" (Astro means "universe, ladder" in Greek)

In fact, there is no essential difference between it and Cosmonaut

So how did the term "astronaut" come about in our country?

In fact, the term "aerospace" was first coined by Qian Xuesen.

"Inferred" from navigation and aviation

A more specific explanation of this term is↓

【Aviation】：In the atmosphere

【Aerospace】: From outside the atmosphere to inside the solar system

【Aerospace】: Outside the Solar System

Qian Lao believes

for quite a long time

Human space travel activities are limited to the solar system.

"Space travel" is inevitably exaggerated

To describe this activity more accurately

So we are called "astronauts"

In the English translation

Chinese "astronauts" also have their own exclusive term

"Taikonaut"

In 2003, Yang Liwei completed my country's first manned space flight mission.

The term Taikonaut enters the public consciousness

The root word taiko comes from the pinyin of "space"

With the development of China's aerospace industry

Foreign media are also gradually starting to use Taikonaut

To call Chinese astronauts

The word is now also included in the Oxford Dictionary

After reading this push today

I hope everyone will remember the astronauts and Taikonaut.

Don't make the wrong call again~

Let us look forward to

Congratulations on the successful launch of the Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft

Astronauts of Shenzhou 16 return home in triumph