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spacewalker

WordNet
  1. (n) spacewalker
    an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space
Usage in the news

Spacewalkers leave station to track coolant leak. ecnmag.com

Space station commander Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide will attempt to bypass a leak in the P6 solar array cooling system during a Nov 1 spacewalk. cbsnews.com

Astronauts begin spacewalk to fix space station cooling system . foxnews.com

You might not have noticed, but we broke another US space record last month when astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria logged his 67th hour of spacewalking. ashingtonpost.com

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Spacewalking astronauts have triumphed over a stubborn bolt on their second try. usatoday.com

Toxic ammonia is used as the coolant, and the spacewalkers took care to avoid contamination. msnbc.msn.com

Spacewalk thruster incident alarms NASA. msnbc.msn.com

45 PM with decision to re-target spacewalks for Friday/Monday. cbsnews.com

Astronauts Complete Final Spacewalk of Hubble Repair Mission. pbs.org

The fifth and final spacewalk of NASA's final Hubble repair mission went smoothly Monday, and ended with astronauts John Grunfeld and Andrew Feustel completing all of the necessary repairs on the telescope. pbs.org

Aerial Walkin' With the Spacewalker . flightjournal.com

The station toilet was left alone yesterday while the astronauts completed their spacewalk, and the crewmembers since reported that the unpleasant smell appeared to go away on its own. foxnews.com

That's what STS-115 astronaut Joe Tanner said at the welcome home today at Ellington Field in Houston after fellow spacewalker, Heide Piper, fainted at the podium. nss.org

Chinese astronauts are preparing for their first spacewalk. airspacemag.com

Giant Swimming Pool Helps NASA Plan Emergency Spacewalks. ksee24.com

Usage in literature

She stayed on her spacewalk for a couple of days, floating around the bubble, making crazy faces at its mirrored exterior. "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" by Cory Doctorow

I served with him at Marsport, and he's a real tough spacewalker in a fight. "Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet" by Harold Leland Goodwin