extravehicular
adjective
ex·tra·ve·hic·u·lar ˌek-strə-vē-ˈhi-kyə-lər 
: taking place outside a vehicle (such as a spacecraft)
extravehicular activity
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Wednesday's announcement means that both companies will be eligible to bid to provide spacesuit services, including ongoing maintenance, for Artemis missions to the Moon and ISS extravehicular activities. 
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 June 2022 Astronauts Raja Chair and Matthias Maurer headed out on a routine EVA (extravehicular activity). Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 May 2022 During the more than 71 hours and two minutes of surface stay, astronauts explored the region on three extravehicular activities (EVA), which totaled 20 hours and 14 minutes. Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022 And on top of that, future astronauts will need more oomph for more—and more difficult—extravehicular physical activity than today’s explorers do, to stay alive and functional on another world. Sarah Scoles, Wired, 9 Nov. 2021 The video below shows Pesquet floating in the Quest ISS airlock, the one that hosts the United States extravehicular mobility units (EMUs) or spacesuits used for spacewalking. Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021 Current and past extravehicular mobility units, the technical term for NASA's spacesuits, allow for minimal movement of the waist, hips or ankles, Rhodes said. Megan Marples, CNN, 8 June 2021 Spacewalks are often referred to as EVAs, or extravehicular activities. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 May 2021 Ryzhikov, the current Expedition 64 Commander, will be wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes while Kud-Sverchkov will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes as extravehicular crew member 2. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Nov. 2020 See More
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 June 2022 Astronauts Raja Chair and Matthias Maurer headed out on a routine EVA (extravehicular activity). Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 20 May 2022 During the more than 71 hours and two minutes of surface stay, astronauts explored the region on three extravehicular activities (EVA), which totaled 20 hours and 14 minutes. Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022 And on top of that, future astronauts will need more oomph for more—and more difficult—extravehicular physical activity than today’s explorers do, to stay alive and functional on another world. Sarah Scoles, Wired, 9 Nov. 2021 The video below shows Pesquet floating in the Quest ISS airlock, the one that hosts the United States extravehicular mobility units (EMUs) or spacesuits used for spacewalking. Elizabeth Howell, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021 Current and past extravehicular mobility units, the technical term for NASA's spacesuits, allow for minimal movement of the waist, hips or ankles, Rhodes said. Megan Marples, CNN, 8 June 2021 Spacewalks are often referred to as EVAs, or extravehicular activities. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 May 2021 Ryzhikov, the current Expedition 64 Commander, will be wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes while Kud-Sverchkov will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes as extravehicular crew member 2. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above