Aerospace engineering

NASA engineers, seen here in mission control during Apollo 13, worked diligently to protect the lives of the astronauts on the mission.

Aerospace engineering is a field of engineering that specializes in vehicles that move in fluids or in a vacuum. This usually means working with airplanes, satellites, rockets or spacecraft.[1]

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‘Blended wing’ craft prototype

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Related Topics

  • Fluid mechanics
  • Aerodynamics
  • Aeronautics
  • Astrodynamics
  • Orbital mechanics
  • Statics
  • Engineering mechanics
  • Mathematics
  • Electrotechnology
  • Propulsion
  • Control engineering
  • Aircraft flight control systems
  • Aircraft structures
  • Materials science
  • Solid mechanics
  • Aeroelasticity
  • Avionics
  • Reliability engineering
  • Noise control
  • Flight testing

References

  1. Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering. Wiley & Sons. October 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-75440-5
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