extravehicular
adjective
ex·tra·ve·hic·u·lar
ˌek-strə-vē-ˈhi-kyə-lər 
: taking place outside a vehicle (such as a spacecraft)
extravehicular activity
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By Thursday morning, the crew donned extravehicular activity (EVA) suits designed by SpaceX, completed suit leak checks and vented the Dragon to match the vacuum of space.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The high-risk event, also called an extravehicular activity or EVA, saw the Crew Dragon capsule become entirely depressurized before Isaacman opened the hatch, exposing the group to the vacuum of space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
SpaceX sees the spacewalk, otherwise known as extravehicular activity, or EVA, as a crucial milestone in its goal of sending people to other planets.
—Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Though only Isaacman and Gillis conducted a spacewalk, the entire crew—which includes mission pilot Scott Poteet and medical officer Anna Menon—had to wear spacesuits during the extravehicular activity, because the Dragon spacecraft doesn’t have an airlock.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
The high-risk event, also called an extravehicular activity or EVA, saw the Crew Dragon capsule become entirely depressurized before Isaacman opened the hatch, exposing the group to the vacuum of space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
SpaceX sees the spacewalk, otherwise known as extravehicular activity, or EVA, as a crucial milestone in its goal of sending people to other planets.
—Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Though only Isaacman and Gillis conducted a spacewalk, the entire crew—which includes mission pilot Scott Poteet and medical officer Anna Menon—had to wear spacesuits during the extravehicular activity, because the Dragon spacecraft doesn’t have an airlock.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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extravehicular
adjective
ex·tra·ve·hic·u·lar
ˌek-strə-vē-ˈhik-yə-lər
: taking place outside a vehicle (as a spacecraft)
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