astronautical
Concerning crewed spaceflight
Astronautical relates to the science and technology of space travel: astronautical engineering, astronautical research.
The word covers spacecraft design, navigation, life support, and other technical aspects of sending humans or machines beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Often interchangeable with aerospace when the context is clearly about space rather than aviation.
Science of propelled spacecraft
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- thrustersPropulsion devices for steering
docking · capsule · launchpad · spaceport · payloads · navigation · aerodynamics · thermodynamics
Venturing outside a spacecraft
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- voyageJourney by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- frontierEdge of settlement
cosmos · mission · expedition · interstellar · orbit · launch · capsule · extraterrestrial
Pressurized garment for vacuum
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- life-supportEquipment maintaining vital functions
extravehicular · reusability · hydroponics · centrifuge · biosphere · cryogenics · closed-loop
Extremely weak gravitational force
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- astrophysicsPhysics of celestial bodies
- celestialOf the sky above
- planetologyStudy of worlds
selenology · astrometry · exobiology · gravitation · radiation · spectrometry · zero-gravity · vacuum
rocketry
Science of propelled spacecraft
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
thrusters · docking · capsule · launchpad · spaceport · payloads · navigation · aerodynamics · thermodynamics · fuels
spacewalk
Venturing outside a spacecraft
frontier · cosmos · mission · expedition · interstellar · orbit · launch · capsule · extraterrestrial · Mars
spacesuit
Pressurized garment for vacuum
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
life-support · extravehicular · reusability · hydroponics · centrifuge · biosphere · cryogenics · closed-loop
microgravity
Extremely weak gravitational force
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- astrophysicsPhysics of celestial bodies
- celestialOf the sky above
planetology · selenology · astrometry · exobiology · gravitation · radiation · spectrometry · zero-gravity · vacuum · atmospheric
astronauticalterrestrial
Relating to land
earthbound · ground-based · land-based · earthly · aeronautical
astronauticalsubterranean
Beneath earth's surface
underground · subsurface · deep-sea · abyssal · benthic
astronauticalterrestrial
Relating to land
earthly · earthbound · mundane · planetary · geophysical