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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include launching of satellites into orbit, geographic information systems, physics, global navigation satellite system performance parameters, types of satellites, geostationary satellites. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives astronaut a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.