ESCO occupation

astronaut

Astronauts are crew members commanding spacecrafts for operations beyond low Earth orbit or higher than the regular altitude reached by commercial flights. They orbit the Earth in order to perform operations such as scientific research and experiments, launching or release of satellites, and building of space stations.

Also called: shuttle pilot, science officer, space shuttle crew member, spacecraft pilot, commander astronaut, pilot cosmonaut, pilot astronaut, spacecraft crew member, flight engineer, scientific cosmonaut, shuttle commander, cosmonaut.

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