In 1959, when both the United States and Soviet Union were planning, but had yet to launch humans into space, NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan and his Deputy Administrator, Hugh Dryden, discussed whether spacecraft crew members should be called astronauts or cosmonauts.
ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, wˌɛn bˈoʊθ ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts ænd sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən wɜː plˈænɪŋ, bˌʌt hæd jˈɛt tə lˈɑːntʃ hjˈuːmənz ˌɪntʊ spˈeɪs, nˈæsɐ ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɚ tˈiː. kˈiːθ ɡlˈɛnən ænd hɪz dˈɛpjuːɾi ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɚ, hjˈuː dɹˈaɪdən, dɪskˈʌst wˈɛðɚ spˈeɪskɹæft kɹˈuː mˈɛmbɚz ʃˌʊd biː kˈɔːld ˈæstɹənˌɔːts ɔːɹ kˈɑːzmənˌɔːts.