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Taikonaut


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The name used in the west for a Chinese astronaut. It comes from the Chinese word ‘taikong’ meaning space or cosmos. The official Chinese name is yuhangyuan, meaning ‘travellers of the Universe’.

Subjects: Science and technology — Astronomy and Cosmology

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in A Dictionary of Space Exploration (3) Length: 33 words

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