Astronaut or pilot.
Mission commander or commander. Watch Star Trek
A spaceship takes off from a launch pad or spaceport.
A person who studies rainbows is called a "rainbowologist."
A person who studies snowflakes is called a cryologist or a snowflake scientist.
An individual who studies eclipses is called an "eclipsist" or a "selenographer."
A person that drives a passenger actually drives the car for the owner. This special essential person is called a Chauffeur.
He is called the Engineer, or Locomotive Engineer.
A driver is usually called a driver but if the person is in uniform and you sit in the back seat, she or he is called a chauffeur.
A "Pilot" is a person who drives a plane.
In ships or ferries, the person who steers is called a helmsman. In relatively small boats, the person that steers the boat is called a skipper.
Chauffeur
pilot
Pilot.
A musher
A person who drives a car is commonly referred to as a motorist.
taxi driver
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