Most people grow up imagining being an astronaut and going up to space, so it’s not too surprising that plenty of folks decide to get an astronaut tattoo. Astronauts are usually extremely smart, they wear very cool gear, and, ya know, they get to leave the planet! On top of that, most astronaut tattoos come with additional meanings and they come in a bunch of cool designs.

In days like these, space and those things associated have been making a big comeback. People like Neil deGrasse Tyson are making all this information a lot more mainstream and making it more fun to learn about. Therefore, kids are getting involved in subjects involving space and astronauts at an earlier age.

Let’s go with the obvious astronaut tattoo meaning first. If an astronaut has been to space and wants a tattoo, it just makes sense that they would want to get an Astronaut tattoo, right? In these cases, they might get a tattoo of themselves in their spacesuit, or they might even get a completely unique astronaut tattoo design. However, something more likely would be getting something related to their training or the process of getting to where they were at. You might also see a NASA tattoo on an astronaut instead of an actual astronaut.

Another pretty obvious astronaut tattoo meaning has to do with when someone wants to be an astronaut. They are the type of people who have kept that dream alive well past their childhood and want to tell the world about it. They have thought about going to the moon or just leaving orbit and they want to encapsulate those images on their bodies. In other words, these could just be fans of space and astronauts and want to support the space program and people that explore space by getting an astronaut tattoo.

Someone who loves space might decide to get an astronaut tattoo rather than just getting stars, planets, and/or galaxies. These tattoo designs can range from just being an astronaut on the moon or the astronaut could be just one part of a larger tattoo. Either way, the owner is trying to send the message that they love the idea of floating around in space like a real astronaut.