extravehicular

adjective ex·tra·ve·hic·u·lar \ ˌek-strə-vē-ˈhi-kyə-lər \

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of extravehicular

: taking place outside a vehicle (such as a spacecraft)

extravehicular activity

Recent Examples of extravehicular from the Web

During the 4-hour, 10 minute extravehicular activity, both astronauts attached tethers to their suits and worked with the cradle that supported the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, the first of its kind to launch.

— chris ciaccia, Fox News, "Astronaut Don Peterson, who performed first shuttle spacewalk, dead at 84," 29 May 2018
During the 3-day flight, Cernan became the second American to go on a spacewalk, and the third person to ever perform extravehicular activity (EVA), staying outside of the spacecraft in his suit for 2 hours and 7 minutes.

— jay bennett, Popular Mechanics, "Last Astronaut to Walk on the Moon, Gene Cernan, Dies at 82," 16 Jan. 2017
As their brand name might tell you, Southern and his partner Nikolay Moiseev specialize in clothing for outer space, namely intravehicular (IVA) for inside a ship, and extravehicular (EVA) for outside, space suits.

— steff yotka, Vogue, "Intergalactic Fashion Is Trending on the Runways, But It Has Nothing on the Real Thing," 3 Apr. 2018
In Edge of Home, travel to the International Space Station and experience the thrill of an extravehicular activity walk while learning about each module.

— Smithsonian, "Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's handheld digital," 30 Jan. 2017
This year, during a series of 30-day missions inside HERA, four-member crews tested hardware and space food and practiced extravehicular activities on a virtual asteroid, one possible stepping stone on the path to Mars.

— philip toledano, National Geographic, "8 Amazing Places You Can Visit ‘Mars’ on Earth," 12 Dec. 2016
This year, during a series of 30-day missions inside HERA, four-member crews tested hardware and space food and practiced extravehicular activities on a virtual asteroid, one possible stepping stone on the path to Mars.

— philip toledano, National Geographic, "8 Amazing Places You Can Visit ‘Mars’ on Earth," 12 Dec. 2016
In Edge of Home, travel to the International Space Station and experience the thrill of an extravehicular activity walk while learning about each module.

— Smithsonian, "Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's handheld digital," 30 Jan. 2017

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