#astronautical
- Astronautic — Belonging to astronautics, relating to astronautics; referring to the techniques, technologies, vehicles, or physical laws involved in the navigation and flight of manned or automated craft outside the Earth's atmosphere. The term defines structural engineering elements, propulsion systems, orbital trajectories, or research missions conducted in deep outer space.
- Astronautical engineer — A highly qualified technician, engineer, or specialist in the field of astronautics, responsible for the direct application of astrodynamics laws, the design of propulsion systems, or the structural maintenance of spacecraft and orbital stations. Unlike an astronaut, they do not travel into outer space, but instead coordinate the mathematical, engineering, and logistical aspects of extra-atmospheric flight from the ground.