rocketeer
Spacecraft launch professional
A rocketeer is someone who designs, builds, or launches rockets.
The term covers professionals in aerospace as well as hobbyists who build model rockets: The rocketeers at NASA prepared for the launch.
It can also refer to a person who travels by rocket or jetpack, especially in science fiction contexts.
Performer of dangerous scenes
- jet packWearable personal flight device
- thrill-seekerOne who pursues excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
Evel Knievel · spectacle · extreme · death-defying · showman · performer · human cannonball · stunt
One who pilots aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- aeronauticsAircraft engineering science
navigation · altitude · airspeed · test pilot · jet pack · throttle · controls · aerodynamics
Venturing outside a spacecraft
- orbitCurved celestial path
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- spacesuitPressurized garment for vacuum
- microgravityExtremely weak gravitational force
spacecraft · mission · NASA · ISS · capsule · reentry · lunar · satellite
Grouped supplies, one purpose
- launch padRocket departure platform
- finsSwimming appendages
- noseconeRocket's forward fairing
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
recovery · club · amateur · competition · build · assembly · igniter · engine
First to forge ahead
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- GoddardRocketry founding figure
- von BraunSaturn V architect
explorer · frontier · breakthrough · invention · experimentation · engineering · discovery · advancement
stuntman
Performer of dangerous scenes
- jet packWearable personal flight device
- thrill-seekerOne who pursues excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
Evel Knievel · fearless · spectacle · extreme · death-defying · showman · performer · human cannonball · stunt · daring
aviator
One who pilots aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
aeronautics · navigation · altitude · airspeed · test pilot · jet pack · throttle · controls · aerodynamics · squadron
spacewalk
Venturing outside a spacecraft
microgravity · spacecraft · mission · NASA · ISS · capsule · reentry · lunar · satellite · space station
kit
Grouped supplies, one purpose
- launch padRocket departure platform
- finsSwimming appendages
- noseconeRocket's forward fairing
parachute · recovery · club · amateur · competition · build · assembly · igniter · engine · solid fuel
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- GoddardRocketry founding figure
von Braun · explorer · frontier · breakthrough · invention · experimentation · engineering · discovery · advancement · space age
- shootersshooter, sniper, rifle, pistol, shotgun
- sky watchersstargazer, astronomer, astrophotographer, comet hunter, eclipse chaser
rocketeerhorseman
Skilled equine rider
equestrian · pedestrian · mule skinner · sailor · mariner
rocketeerLuddite
One opposing technological progress
technophobe · traditionalist · Amish · neo-Luddite · primitivist