Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineer
	NASA engineers, seen here in mission control during Apollo 13, worked to ensure the safety of the operation and astronauts onboard
Occupation
Names	Aerospace engineer ; Engineer
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Aeronautics, astronautics, science
Description
Competencies	Technical knowledge, management skills ; (see also glossary of aerospace engineering)
Education required	Bachelor's degree
Fields of; employment	Technology, science, space exploration, military

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.^[3] It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is similar, but deals with the electronics side of aerospace engineering.

"Aeronautical engineering" was the original term for the field. As flight technology advanced to include vehicles operating in outer space, the broader term "aerospace engineering" has come into use.^[4] Aerospace engineering, particularly the astronautics branch, is often colloquially referred to as "rocket science".^[5]^[a]

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^ Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-75440-5.
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[1] "Required Education". study.com. Retrieved 2015-06-22.

[2] "Education, Aerospace Engineers". myfuture.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.

[3] Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-75440-5.

[britannica_Engineering-4] Stanzione, Kaydon Al (1989). "Engineering". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (15 ed.). Chicago. p. 563.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Occupation
NASA engineers, seen here in mission control during Apollo 13, worked to ensure the safety of the operation and astronauts onboard
Names	Aerospace engineer Engineer
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Aeronautics, astronautics, science
Description
Competencies	Technical knowledge, management skills (see also glossary of aerospace engineering)
Education required	Bachelor's degree^[1]^[2]
Fields of employment	Technology, science, space exploration, military