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
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In total, Rubins logged 26 hours and 46 minutes on her four extravehicular activities (EVAs).
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 July 2025
In 1984: Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk, conducting an extravehicular activity for 3 hours and 35 minutes outside the Salyut 7 space station.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
For example, Cai, who was Shenzhou 19's commander, and Song spent more than nine hours outside Tiangong during a mid-December spacewalk, setting a new record for the longest extravehicular activity.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Their activities will include extravehicular activities (EVAs), or spacewalks, conducting space science and application experiments, handling cargo deliveries, installing science payloads and equipment outside Tiangong and conducting popular science and outreach events.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 July 2025
In 1984: Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk, conducting an extravehicular activity for 3 hours and 35 minutes outside the Salyut 7 space station.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
For example, Cai, who was Shenzhou 19's commander, and Song spent more than nine hours outside Tiangong during a mid-December spacewalk, setting a new record for the longest extravehicular activity.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Their activities will include extravehicular activities (EVAs), or spacewalks, conducting space science and application experiments, handling cargo deliveries, installing science payloads and equipment outside Tiangong and conducting popular science and outreach events.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Extravehicular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extravehicular. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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extravehicular
adjective
ex·tra·ve·hic·u·lar
ˌek-strə-vē-ˈhik-yə-lər
: taking place outside a vehicle (as a spacecraft)
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