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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One of the two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) has taken their first space walk since arriving at the station nearly seven months ago. Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025 Big Bounce America, which was bringing the world's largest space walk to UNO this weekend, rescheduled for April 25-27, a representative says. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025 Each time he’s killed testing the alien atmosphere for viruses or absorbing massive amounts of radiation on a space walk, he’s resurrected in a printing machine in what amounts to a hilariously terrible immortal drudgery. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 The lack of gravity also turns each space walk into a precise dance. Michele Carpenter, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2015 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 14 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

space walk

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