The field of engineering known as aerospace engineering, also known as aeronautical engineering or

astronautical engineering, is concerned with the design, development, construction, testing, and
operation of vehicles operating in the Earth's atmosphere or in space. The first definition of aerospace
engineering, which treated the Earth's atmosphere and the space above it as a single domain for the
development of flight vehicles, first appeared in 1958. Today, the terms aeronautical engineering and
astronautical engineering are frequently replaced with the broader definition of aerospace.

The creation of a flight vehicle necessitates an understanding of numerous engineering specialties.

Rarely does one person handle everything; instead, the majority of businesses have design teams with
experts in the fields of aerodynamics, propulsion systems, structural design, materials, avionics, and
stability and control systems.