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- adjective Of or pertaining to the space outside a
vehicle , especially aspacecraft inspace - adjective Being or happening outside a vehicle
Etymologies
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Examples
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When visiting the International Space Station American astronauts use the Orlan when they are participating in extravehicular activities.
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And on this flight, one of those space travelers is to carry out China's first spacewalk, also known as extravehicular activity, or EVA for short.
Tortoise and Hare - the Chinese Space Programme Zoe Brain 2008
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Center Engineering Directorate such as extravehicular activity (EVA) tools and equipment, technology development for advanced EVA, extravehicular robotics, environmental control and life support systems, active thermal control systems, flight crew equipment, and crew health care systems.
Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News 2010
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The undersea habitat provides an optimum environment for the crew to practice extravehicular activity preparation and maneuvers.
Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011
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The undersea habitat provides an optimum environment for the crew to practice extravehicular activity preparation and maneuvers.
Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011
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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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According to the report, targeting an asteroid next would advance capabilities to spend long periods in space, while providing astronauts more opportunities for "extravehicular activity" and "simulation of Mars missions."
Space Explorers Divided on Next Destination Andy Pasztor 2011
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The undersea habitat provides an optimum environment for the crew to practice extravehicular activity preparation and maneuvers.
Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011
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The undersea habitat provides an optimum environment for the crew to practice extravehicular activity preparation and maneuvers.
Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011
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The undersea habitat provides an optimum environment for the crew to practice extravehicular activity preparation and maneuvers.
Steven Miller, PhD.: Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Asteroids and the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory PhD. Steven Miller 2011
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