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I think this page should be moved to "Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics" as the institution is named. Astronautics is the name US gave to space faring in opposition to the term used in the USSR. Tom Paine (talk) 18:36, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. "Cosmonautics" is the standard usage in nearly all English references to Soviet astronautics. More specifically, a Google search for "Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics" -wikipedia shows 63,000+ hits as opposed to just 7,970 for "Memorial Museum of Astronautics" -wikipedia. Further, a GoogleBooks search reveals 80 results for "Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics" as opposed to just two for "Memorial Museum of Astronautics". It seems that "Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics" meets the requirements of WP:COMMONNAME. KokoPhantom (talk) 05:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]