astronautical
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˌæstrəˈnɔːtɪkəl/
- Specialized
- There was an unauthorized version of the book Astronautical Guidance in Russian.
- astronautical engineer
- Astronautical Engineering
Examples
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It is suitable for upper undergraduate and introductory graduate courses in astronautical engineering or physics.
Blog text (26) -
A privately circulated proposal, known as "Golden Spike" and backed by respected scientific and astronautical entities, envisions the development of a reliable "Cislunar Superhighway."
Blog text (15) -
"After all, pharmaceutical companies are not producing astronautical artifacts; they are producing health products." ,
Academic text (2010) -
David Woods tells this exciting story, starting from America's postwar astronautical research facilities.
Blog text (31) -
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has jurisdiction over all energy research, development, and demonstration, and projects therefor, and all federally owned or operated non-military energy laboratories; astronautical research and development.
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Dan Randolph intends to skip the test flights mandated by the International Astronautical Authority and send Starpower 1 directly to the Asteroid Belt - with himself aboard.
Fiction book (2001) -
On May 26-29, representatives of several space organizations (including the American Astronautical Society, the Planetary Society, the NASA Solar System Exploration Division Office of Space Science, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Biology) met in Boulder, Colorado, to define innovative national and international programs for the exploration of Mars.
Academic text (1993) -
And the aerospace crash was so bad that at MIT, one of the top five, if not the top institution in the USA for aeronautical and astronautical studies, there were fewer than forty out of a student undergraduate body of close to 4,000 undergraduate students in the Aero and Astro department!
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She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University, and her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. Ph.D. (1976), Purdue University. Fred R. Szenasi.
Academic text (2005) -
Research in astronautical science has led to significant advancements in space travel.
Synonyms
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7.5
About space travel and the machines used in space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Astronautical comes from astro- meaning 'star' and the same root as nautical meaning 'sailor' or 'sea travel', so it paints the picture of 'sailing among the stars'. That's why astronautical describes things about astronauts and the science and machines of space travel.