astronautics
Sign in to savethumb|Hubble Space Telescope over Earth (during the [[STS-109 mission)]] Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the practice of sending spacecraft beyond Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Spaceflight is one of its main applications and space science is its overarching field.
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Astronautics is the practice of sending spacecraft beyond Earth's atmosphere into outer space, with spaceflight being one of its main applications. It matters as the overarching field through which we conduct space science and explore the cosmos.
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thumb|Hubble Space Telescope over Earth (during the [[STS-109 mission)]] Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the practice of sending spacecraft beyond Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Spaceflight is one of its main applications and space science is its overarching field.
The term astronautics (originally astronautique in French) was coined in the 1920s by J.-H. Rosny, president of the Goncourt academy, in analogy with aeronautics. Because there is a degree of technical overlap between the two fields, the term aerospace is often used to describe both at once. In 1930, Robert Esnault-Pelterie published the first book on the new research field.