spacewalker

IPA: spˈeɪswɑkɝ

noun

  • An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
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Examples of "spacewalker" in Sentences

  • Stephen Bowen, an experienced spacewalker, took over.
  • During the second, the spacewalkers replaced the failed gyroscope.
  • Bowen, the lead spacewalker, was a last-minute addition to Discovery's last crew.
  • Astronaut Timothy Kopra, the lead spacewalker, was hurt when he wrecked his bicycle last month.
  • The other challenge for the six-person crew, he noted, was the loss of the mission's lead spacewalker.
  • In a bit of space trivia, Drew became the world's 200th spacewalker when he emerged from the 220-mile-high complex.
  • Experienced spacewalker Stephen Bowen stepped in and became the first astronaut to fly back-to-back shuttle missions.
  • It's an honor to be walking, spacewalking with a Hubble spacewalker," Fincke told Feustel, part of the 2009 Hubble repair team."
  • Kopra had been designated as the lead spacewalker and was to venture out twice to perform work on the International Space Station.
  • Tim Kopra, the mission's lead spacewalker before being sidelined by a January bicycling accident, wished his former crewmates well Friday in a call from NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston.
  • In a morning message to the Discovery crew, Mission Control sent up a cartoon showing a spacewalking astronaut — Bowen — holding an Oscar statue and giving an acceptance speech."... and I would like to thank all of the little people that made this EVA extravehicular activity happen," the cartoon spacewalker said.

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