Astronaut: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a white pressurized space suit and a reflective gold-tinted helmet visor, rendered with a medium-light skin tone. The figure is shown from the chest up, clearly prepared for extravehicular activity in outer space.

Usage Context

Used to discuss space travel, science fiction, or professional achievements. People often pair it with the 🚀 rocket or 🌌 milky way to indicate excitement about space exploration or an upcoming journey. It is also used to represent someone who is 'spaced out' or lost in their own thoughts.

History

The astronaut was added to the emoji set in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. It was introduced alongside a broader expansion of professional roles, reflecting a shift toward more inclusive representation in digital communication after years of users requesting diverse career-based icons.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏼‍🚀

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+1F680

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_1f680:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍&#xD83D;&#xDE80;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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