Woman astronaut: light skin tone Emoji

People

A woman wearing a white, pressurized space suit and a reflective glass helmet, rendered with a light skin tone. The design captures the iconic look of modern space travel gear used for extravehicular activity.

Usage Context

Used to discuss space exploration, NASA missions, or to represent women in STEM fields. People often pair this with the 🚀 rocket or the 🌕 moon emoji to set the scene for a discussion about space travel or science.

History

The base astronaut emoji was added in 2016 as part of the ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequence update. It allows the emoji to be displayed in various skin tones by combining the woman emoji and the rocket emoji, reflecting the shift toward more inclusive representation in professional roles within digital communication.

Details

Glyph

👩🏻‍🚀

Unicode

U+1F469 U+1F3FB U+200D U+1F680

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_1f3fb_200d_1f680:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;‍&#xD83D;&#xDE80;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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