Why Are And Indian Space Travellers Called ‘Vyomanauts’?

With Prime Minister Modi bestowing the “astronaut wings” on four test pilots of the Indian Air Force, in reality they will be called "Vyomanauts" rather than “Astronauts” in tune with the naming tradition of space travellers in human space programs of different countries. The western space travellers are called ‘Astronauts’, Russians ‘Cosmonauts’ and finally the Chinese ‘Taikonauts’by Aroonim
With Prime Minister Modi bestowing the “astronaut wings” on four test pilots of the Indian Air Force, in reality they will be called "Vyomanauts" rather than “Astronauts” in tune with the naming tradition of space travellers in human space programs of different countries. The western space travellers are called ‘Astronauts’, Russians ‘Cosmonauts’ and finally the Chinese ‘Taikonauts’by Aroonim
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