space walk
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4.9
- noun
- /speɪs wɔk/
- Specialized
:
paseo espacial
- During the mission, astronauts completed three successful space walks to repair the satellite.
- her first space walk
- the third space walk
- three space walks
And this mission was so cool, you guys, It had a space walk.
- And this mission was so cool, you guys, It had a space walk.
- So for me, that was my, that was my favorite site during my space walks.
Examples
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Here one could witness a large IMAX theater, see astronauts training for upcoming shuttle missions, a simulated space walk, and hundreds of real space artifacts.
Academic text (2003) -
These are the kind of events that, if they happen whilst astronauts are doing space walks, can be incredibly hazardous.
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There is a very good reason why the Soviets aren't broadcasting their space walks.
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Every event, such as this space walk by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, can be analyzed using probabilistic risk assessment.
Academic text (2005) -
Commander Hacker was just out-- he's doing his-- he's outside the shuttle doing today's space walk.
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The astronaut trained extensively for the upcoming space walk to ensure her safety outside the spacecraft.
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As the NASA team prepared, they checked all the equipment for the next planned space walk to fix the ISS.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'space' (the environment outside Earth’s atmosphere) + 'walk' (to move), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes moving/working outside a spacecraft. Although 'walk' is somewhat metaphorical in microgravity, the compound pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner would readily understand the intended activity.
Etymology
The noun space walk comes from the literal image of an astronaut taking a walk in space: leaving the spacecraft and moving around outside in a spacesuit. So space walk now means 'to go outside a spacecraft to work'.