Meanings
plural extravehicular activities · abbreviation EVA
- countableuncountablespace flightAny activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft, etc.
“His venture into the vacuum of space began the history of extra-vehicular activity that makes today’s Space Station maintenance possible,” NASA said on Twitter.
2019 October 11, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Marcia Dunn, “Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow”, in AP News, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022Synonyms: EVA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny activity done by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft, etc.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 艙外活動 /舱外活动
- 艙外活動 /舱外活动 (cāngwài huódòng)work outside of spacecraft
Finnish aluksen ulkopuolinen toiminta
- aluksen ulkopuolinen toimintawork outside of spacecraft
French activité extravéhiculaire, AEV
- activité extravéhiculairework outside of spacecraft
- AEVwork outside of spacecraft
- EVAwork outside of spacecraft
- sortie extravéhiculairework outside of spacecraft
German Außenbordeinsatz
- Außenbordeinsatzwork outside of spacecraft
Japanese 船外活動
- 船外活動 (sengaikatsudō)work outside of spacecraft
Portuguese atividade extraveicular
- atividade extraveicularwork outside of spacecraft
Russian вы́ход в откры́тый ко́смос
- вы́ход в откры́тый ко́смос (výxod v otkrýtyj kósmos)work outside of spacecraft
Cite this entry
extravehicular activity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extravehicular%20activity
“extravehicular activity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extravehicular%20activity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extravehicular activity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extravehicular%20activity.
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