spacewalkn.
/ˈspeɪswɔːk/, U.S. /ˈspeɪsˌwɔk/, /ˈspeɪsˌwɑk/ An act or period of physical activity undertaken by an astronaut in space outside a spacecraft. Cf. EVA n. at E n.1 Initialisms.
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spacewalk1963
spacewalking1965
1963 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 10 Apr. 16/3 (headline) ‘Space walk’ planned.
1965 Newsweek 14 June 30/3 Thirteen new layers had been added [to his spacesuit]..to protect his torso and legs against micro-meteorites and the extreme temperatures on his spacewalk.
1978 Nature 19 Jan. 201/3 The work aboard Salyut-6 is more interesting than his previous mission on Salyut-4, since the cosmonauts can now go for spacewalks.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Sept. a16 (caption) Joseph R. Tanner.., mission specialist, and Cmdr. Daniel C. Burbank, spacewalk choreographer, preparing suits for today's spacewalk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
spacewalkv.
/ˈspeɪswɔːk/, U.S. /ˈspeɪsˌwɔk/, /ˈspeɪsˌwɑk/ intransitive. To undertake a spacewalk. Also in extended use.
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spacewalk1966
1966 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard & Rev. 21 July 1 (headline) Astronaut Collins spacewalks from Gemini 10 to satellite.
1970 Guardian 8 July 20/7 Astronaut figures, 12 ft high, will ‘space walk’ over a quarter-mile section of Blackpool promenade in this autumn's illuminations.
1979 M. Collins Flying to Moon vi. 44 We would fly alongside the second Agena, and I would space walk over to it.
2001 Times 12 Apr. ii. 3/3 Some, not all, will be trained in extra-vehicular activity (EVA), to enable them to spacewalk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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