astrogator
/ˈæstroʊɡeɪtər/
noun
- A person who navigates a spacecraft or plans its course through space.
- In science fiction movies, the astrogator is often the one who calculates the jump to light speed.
- The astrogator plotted a safe route around the asteroid belt.
- Before the mission, the astrogator checked all the star charts for the journey to Jupiter.