aerospace engineers
Aviation technology specialists
Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles.
The field divides into aeronautical engineering (atmospheric flight) and astronautical engineering (space vehicles).
They work on everything from commercial airliners to Mars rovers: Aerospace engineers at NASA designed the heat shield for reentry.
The profession combines principles of physics, materials science, and propulsion systems.
- aviationFlying or operating aircraft
- rocket scienceSpacecraft propulsion engineering
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- flight testAircraft evaluation in air
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
propulsion · rocketry · flight · sound barrier · structural analysis · orbital mechanics · mission control · spacecraft · materials science · fluid dynamics · wind tunnel · wind resistance · stress analysis · satellite technology · supersonic flight · lunar missions · zero gravity · Lockheed Martin
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- Space PioneersNeil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, Alan Shepard
- Women AviatorsAmelia Earhart, aviatrix, WASP, WASPs, aviation pioneers
aerospace engineerspilots
Those who fly aircraft
astronauts · test pilots · flight crews · air traffic controllers · flight attendants
aerospace engineersartists
Makers of creative works
poets · philosophers · social workers · novelists · musicians
aerospace engineerspetroleum engineers
Specialists in fossil fuel extraction
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