aerospace engineering
Designing flying machines
Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the design, development, and construction of aircraft and spacecraft.
It encompasses aeronautics (atmospheric flight) and astronautics (space flight), covering everything from commercial airliners to satellites and rockets.
She studied aerospace engineering at MIT before joining NASA.
- astronauticsSpacecraft travel science
- rocket scienceSpacecraft propulsion engineering
- rocket propulsionThrust from expelled gases
- propulsion systemsMechanisms generating directional thrust
- orbital mechanicsScience of celestial motion
escape velocity · reentry vehicle · DARPA · hypersonic flight · thermal protection · NASA · aerophysics · control surfaces · launch vehicles · mission control · flight test · Mach · satellite · thrust · trajectory · orbit · wind tunnel · combustion
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, astronauts
- Applied Sciencesmedicine, computer science, biotechnology, pharmacology, robotics
- aviation researchflight testing, wind tunnels, pressure testing, structural analysis, fuel efficiency
- engineering servicesconsulting, construction management, project management, feasibility studies, building design
- specializationscardiology, dermatology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics
- Air Forcesair force, US Air Force, Luftwaffe, RAF, squadrons
aerospace engineeringtheoretical physics
Nature explained through equations
pure mathematics · software engineering · astrophysics · computer science · information systems
aerospace engineeringtraditional craftsmanship
Skilled handwork preserving old methods
space, engineer, spaceship, engineering, spacecraft, engineered, spaceman, aeronautics, aerospace