space walk

noun

: a period of activity spent outside a spacecraft by an astronaut in space
spacewalk intransitive verb
spacewalker noun

Examples of space walk in a Sentence

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Jared Isaacman Isaacman, another financial services billionaire, was the first wealthy individual to take a space walk through Musk’s company, SpaceX. Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025 Suni Williams went for the space walk on Thursday, Jan. 16 to help NASA’s Nick Hague with some outside repair work, according to the Associated Press. Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 Because the Dragon has no airlock, the space walk involved exposing the entire crew cabin to the airless vacuum of space. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2024 This was the eighth space walk of Williams’ career, according to the AP. Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for space walk 

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of space walk was in 1963

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“Space walk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20walk. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

space walk

noun
: a period of movement in space outside a spacecraft by an astronaut
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