astronautical

[ as-truh-naw-ti-kuhl, -not-i- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.

Other Words From

• as·tro·nau·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of astronautical¹

First recorded in 1845–50 in earlier sense and in 1925–30 in current sense; from French astronautique (equivalent to astronaute, formed on the model of aéronaute + -ique ); astro-, aeronaut, -ic, -al ¹