How to Use space walk in a Sentence

space walk

noun
  • Helms, a pioneer in the space industry, holds the world record for the longest space walk.
    USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The crew will proceed with a space walk Thursday as planned, the agency noted.
    orlandosentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Jones spent more than 52 days in space including three space walks for more than 19 hours.
    Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • In the same year, China conducted its first space walk.
    CNN, 8 Aug. 2021
  • China’s space lab has a spot in the Sun - Rocket envy - Did the Chinese fake their space walk?
    Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2012
  • Five years after that, Zhai Zhigang took the first Chinese space walk.
    Neil Degrasse Tyson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2012
  • On this journey Leonov became the first person to complete a space walk.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The timing of the fourth and final AMS-repair space walk has not yet been determined.
    Irene Klotz, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Astronauts mounted three of the devices to the outside of the space station during a space walk.
    Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The Polaris Dawn mission that will feature the first civilian space walk is set for Friday.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The action scenes are strong, from Jake’s dramatic space walk to a blast of frigid cold on a Rio beach that freezes sun worshippers in their tracks.
    Rick Bentley, kansascity, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Six would be cut and spliced into the new pump package on the next space walk along with another two tubes on the other side of the detector.
    Irene Klotz, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The most dangerous moments will be during the space walk, when the entire space capsule will be open to the vacuum of space.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The crew will conduct a space walk, a first for anyone traveling aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • China is the country pushing people into space; the country achieved its first space walk this week.
    Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 10 July 2021
  • China put its first human in space in 2003 and conducted its first space walk five years later.
    Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2011
  • After hovering over the ship like an astronaut on a space walk, the rocket man glided down to the bow of Orion just steps away from Fisher.
    Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 14 June 2018
  • The list of Soviet firsts in space is indeed impressive, from the first satellite, dogs, man, and woman in space to the first multiperson crew and space walk.
    National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • So, how are suits for space walking designed in the first place, and will new models for getting humans to the moon and beyond take women into account?
    National Geographic, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The space station also takes work to maintain, which is one reason why astronauts conduct space walks.
    Wired, 29 Sep. 2019
  • One of the most visually arresting scenes aboard the Aether is when Maya is injured during the space walk, and drops of blood float out of her spacesuit and hover near her, thanks to the lack of gravity.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Two of the astronauts completed their second space walk on Friday.
    NBC News, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Each episode sees host Derek Waters visit an inebriated celebrity to recount a historical event, from the first space walk to the birth of hip hop.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Oct. 2022
  • On the following mission, in October, Koch and crewmate Jessica Meir made the first all-female space walk.
    National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Sent on a space walk to assess damage, Jo dislodges what appears to be the desiccated body of a woman in the suit of Russian cosmonaut, circa late 1960s, which shoots from her grasp.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Shkaplerov completed a record-setting space walk timed at 8 hours and 13 minutes, the longest in Russian space program history, in February.
    Ashley May, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • Another Illuminarium experience is planned for Atlanta in 2022, and it's designed to take visitors on a space walk, giving them a chance to come as close as most people are likely to get to setting foot on the moon.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2021
  • Cowperthwaite doesn’t do enough with the inherent claustrophobia of the space station, though the visuals are on point, from a harrowing space walk to fix an antenna to conditions on Earth that become increasingly hellish.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Two Russian cosmonauts are expected to conduct a space walk outside the International Space Station.
    David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2020
  • China this week revealed that two of its astronauts had conducted a secretive space walk around the Tiangong space station, marking the second extravehicular operation over the last three months.
    Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2023

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