spationaut noun3 •A French astronaut.Long term cosmonauts Gennadiy Manakov and Aleksandr Polishchuk, who arrived at Mir on Jan. 24th, will be flying French Spationaut Jean-Pierre Haignere in the older Soyuz TM-16 capsule. — 1993 •A European astronaut, specifically one representing ESA. •An astronaut, regardless of nationality.How many spationauts are there? — 1997 formsspationauts