# 🧑‍🚀 Astronaut emoji

🧑‍🚀 Astronaut is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: rocket and space.

- Emoji: 🧑‍🚀
- Unicode name: astronaut
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 12.1 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :astronaut:
- Keywords: astronaut, rocket, space
- Page: https://emojichart.com/astronaut-emoji

## What it means

A person in a space suit and helmet, ready for a mission beyond Earth. It is used for astronauts and space exploration, space and science-fiction themes, and anything that feels out of this world.

## Skin tones

- 🧑🏻‍🚀 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/astronaut-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F680
- 🧑🏼‍🚀 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/astronaut-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F680
- 🧑🏽‍🚀 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/astronaut-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+1F680
- 🧑🏾‍🚀 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/astronaut-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+1F680
- 🧑🏿‍🚀 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/astronaut-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+1F680

## What it's made of

🧑‍🚀 is 3 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. 🚀 [Rocket](https://emojichart.com/rocket-emoji.md) (U+1F680)

## How to type 🧑‍🚀

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “astronaut”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “astronaut”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “astronaut”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “astronaut”.
- GitHub: Type :astronaut: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | astronauta | astronauta, cohete, espacio |
| Français (fr) | astronaute | astronaute, fusée |
| Deutsch (de) | Astronaut(in) | Astronaut(in), Raumfahrt, Weltraum |
| Italiano (it) | astronauta | astronauta, razzo |
| Português (pt) | astronauta | astronauta, foguete |
| Nederlands (nl) | astronaut | astronaut, raket |
| Svenska (sv) | astronaut | astronaut, kosmonaut |
| Polski (pl) | astronauta | astronauta, rakieta, statek kosmiczny |
| Türkçe (tr) | astronot | astronot, roket, uzay |
| Русский (ru) | космонавт | астронавт, космонавт, ракета |
| Українська (uk) | космонавт | космонавт, ракета |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αστροναύτης | αστροναύτης, πύραυλος, ρουκέτα |
| العربية (ar) | رائد الفضاء | رائد الفضاء, رائد فضاء, صاروخ |
| עברית (he) | אסטרונאוט/ית | אסטרונאוט, אסטרונאוט/ית, אסטרונאוטית, חלל, חללית |
| فارسی (fa) | فضانورد | فضانورد, موشک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | अंतरिक्ष यात्री | अंतरिक्ष यात्री, रॉकेट |
| বাংলা (bn) | মহাকাশচারী | মহাকাশচারী, রকেট |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | astronaut | astronaut, roket |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phi hành gia | phi hành gia, tên lửa |
| ไทย (th) | นักบินอวกาศ | จรวด, นักบินอวกาศ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 宇宙飛行士 | ロケット, 宇宙飛行士 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 우주비행사 | 로켓, 우주, 우주비행사 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 宇航员 | 宇航员, 火箭 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 太空人 | 太空人, 火箭 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ruimtevaarder
- Akan (ak): Astrɔnɔt
- Albanian (sq): person astronaut
- Amharic (am): የጠፈር ተመራማሪ
- Armenian (hy): տիեզերագնաց
- Assamese (as): মহাকাশচাৰী
- Azerbaijani (az): astronavt
- Bashkir (ba): космонавт
- Basque (eu): astronauta
- Belarusian (be): астранаўт
- Bosnian (bs): astronaut
- Breton (br): astraer
- Bulgarian (bg): астронавт
- Burmese (my): အာကာသယာဉ်မှူး
- Cantonese (yue): 太空人
- Catalan (ca): astronauta
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏝᏫᏗᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): космонавт
- Croatian (hr): kozmonaut
- Czech (cs): kosmonaut/kosmonautka
- Danish (da): astronaut
- Estonian (et): astronaut
- Faroese (fo): astronautur
- Filipino (fil): astronaut
- Finnish (fi): astronautti
- Galician (gl): astronauta
- Georgian (ka): ასტრონავტი
- Gujarati (gu): અંતરીક્ષયાત્રી
- Hausa (ha): dan sama jannati
- Hungarian (hu): űrhajós / űrhajósnő
- Icelandic (is): geimfari
- Igbo (ig): òjenọnwa
- Irish (ga): spásaire
- Javanese (jv): astronot
- Kannada (kn): ಗಗನಯಾತ್ರಿ
- Kazakh (kk): астронавт
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): استروناۆت
- Khmer (km): អ្នកអវកាស
- Konkani (kok): ऍस्ट्रोनॉट
- Kyrgyz (ky): космонавт
- Lao (lo): ນັກບິນອາວະກາດ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis astronauts
- Ligurian (lij): astronauta
- Lithuanian (lt): kosmonautas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): astronawt(owka)
- Macedonian (mk): астронаут
- Malay (ms): angkasawan
- Malayalam (ml): ബഹിരാകാശചാരി
- Marathi (mr): अंतराळवीर
- Mongolian (mn): сансрын нисэгч
- Nepali (ne): अन्तरिक्ष - यात्री
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ástrọ́nọt
- Norwegian (no): astronaut
- Odia (or): ମହାଶୂନ୍ୟ ଯାତ୍ରୀ / ମହାକାଶ ଯାତ୍ରୀ
- Oromo (om): ogeessa astiroonoomii
- Pashto (ps): ستور مزلی
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੁਲਾੜ ਯਾਤਰੀ
- Quechua (qu): astronauta
- Romanian (ro): astronaut sau astronaută
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): speuradair
- Serbian (sr): астронаут
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): astronaut
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁေႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ်ဢႃႇၵႃႇသ
- Sindhi (sd): ايسٽرو ناٽ
- Sinhala (si): ගගනගාමියා
- Slovak (sk): kozmonaut
- Slovenian (sl): kozmonavt
- Somali (so): dayax u safre
- Swahili (sw): mwanaanga
- Tamil (ta): விண்வெளி வீரர்
- Telugu (te): అంతరిక్ష యాత్రికులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ጠፈርተኛ
- Tongan (to): tokotaha folaufetuʻu
- Turkmen (tk): kosmonawt
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): astronawt/ka
- Urdu (ur): خلا باز
- Uzbek (uz): astronavt
- Welsh (cy): gofod-deithiwr
- Yoruba (yo): arìnrìn-àjò lọ sí ayé mìíràn
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): arìnrìn-àjò lɔ sí ayé mìíràn
- Zulu (zu): i-astronaut

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680` |
| HTML | `🧑‍🚀` |
| CSS | `\1F9D1\200D\1F680` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F680}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D1\u200D\U0001F680` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 9A 80` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD1 200D D83D DE80` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%9A%80` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧑‍🚀 astronaut emoji mean?

A person in a space suit and helmet, ready for a mission beyond Earth. It is used for astronauts and space exploration, space and science-fiction themes, and anything that feels out of this world.

### How do I type the 🧑‍🚀 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “astronaut”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :astronaut:.

### When was the 🧑‍🚀 emoji added?

🧑‍🚀 was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧑‍🚀?

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680. In HTML you can write 🧑‍🚀, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{1F680}.

### Does 🧑‍🚀 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧑🏻‍🚀 light, 🧑🏼‍🚀 medium-light, 🧑🏽‍🚀 medium, 🧑🏾‍🚀 medium-dark and 🧑🏿‍🚀 dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/astronaut-emoji