spacewalk

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noun

Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space.

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EVAextravehicular activity
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Meanings

nounspacewalk (plural spacewalks)

plural spacewalks

  1. Any activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space.

    Synonyms: EVA, extravehicular activity

verbspacewalk (third-person singular simple present spacewalks, present participle spacewalking, simple past and past participle spacewalked)

present singular third person spacewalks · participle present spacewalking · participle past spacewalked · past spacewalked

  1. To perform a spacewalk.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft or space station in space.

Similar
EVAextravehicular activity

Origin

From space + walk.

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Translations

Bulgarian излизане извън космически кораб
  • излизане извън космически кораб (izlizane izvăn kosmičeski korab)activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Chinese Mandarin 太空行走, 太空行走
  • 太空行走 (tàikōng xíngzǒu)activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
  • 太空行走 (tàikōng xíngzǒu)perform a spacewalk
Danish rumvandring
  • rumvandringactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Dutch ruimtewandeling
  • ruimtewandelingactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Finnish avaruuskävely, tehdä avaruuskävely
  • avaruuskävelyactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
  • tehdä avaruuskävelyperform a spacewalk
Hungarian űrséta
  • űrsétaactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Icelandic geimganga
  • geimgangaactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Italian passeggiata spaziale
  • passeggiata spazialeactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Japanese 宇宙遊泳
  • 宇宙遊泳 (uchūyūei)activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Portuguese atividade extraveicular
  • atividade extraveicularactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Russian вы́ход в откры́тый ко́смос
  • вы́ход в откры́тый ко́смос (výxod v otkrýtyj kósmos)activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Swedish rymdpromenad
  • rymdpromenadactivity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Yiddish קאָסמאָס־שפּאַציר
  • קאָסמאָס־שפּאַציר (kósmos-shpatsír)activity by an astronaut outside of a spacecraft
Cite this entry
APA

spacewalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacewalk

MLA

“spacewalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacewalk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spacewalk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacewalk.

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