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    Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere...
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    different purposes: IVA (intravehicular activity), EVA (extravehicular activity), and IEVA (intra/extravehicular activity). IVA suits are meant to be worn inside...
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    mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit. Introduced in 1982, it is a two-piece semi-rigid...
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    is fitted around the life support backpack of the space suit (EMU or Extravehicular Mobility Unit). SAFER in no way interferes with suit mobility. The flight...
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    Space Activity Suit: An Elastic Leotard for Extravehicular Activity, the original 1968 paper (Microsoft DOC format) Development of a Space Activity Suit...
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    radiation sickness, and may even have been lethal for those engaged in extravehicular activity or on the lunar surface. Another type of radiation, galactic cosmic...
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    Spaceflight in 2025 promises to follow the 2020s trend of record-breaking orbital launches (with at least 300 expected) and increased developments in lunar...
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    days required for a round trip to the Moon; methods of performing extravehicular activity (EVA) without tiring; and the orbital maneuvers necessary to achieve...
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    astronaut's suit as he descended or stepped off the ladder. The original extravehicular activity plan, up through at least 1966, was for only one astronaut to leave...
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    STS-47. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first person to conduct an extravehicular activity (EVA), (commonly called a "spacewalk"), on 18 March 1965, on the...
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    Apollo 17 (category Extravehicular activity)
    days, 14 hours), greatest distance from a spacecraft during an extravehicular activity of any type (7.6 kilometers or 4.7 miles), longest time on the...
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    Apollo 9 (category Extravehicular activity)
    Cooling Garment (LCG), which helped prevent overheating during extravehicular activity. Also present was the Oxygen Purge System (OPS), the "bedroll"...
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    This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2029. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to launch Tianwen-4...
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    During Apollo 16's return flight to Earth, Mattingly performed an extravehicular activity (EVA) to retrieve film cassettes from the exterior of the spacecraft...
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    Shuttle mission during which a Extravehicular activity was conducted, and hence was the first in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used....
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    moonwalks 1965–1999). In 2000 he was assigned to the Astronaut Office Extravehicular Activity Branch, while maintaining a position as Lead ESA Astronaut in Houston...
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    Svetlana Savitskaya (category Extravehicular activity)
    December 1983 she was assigned to her second flight, including an extravehicular activity, or EVA, three weeks after American astronaut Kathy Sullivan's...
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    maintain a minimum level of performance, including topics such as extravehicular activity, robotics, language, diving, and flight training. The effects of...
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    This article documents notable spaceflight events during the year 2019. The Russian-German X-ray observing satellite Spektr-RG was launched on 13 July...
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    wearing a new Apollo A6L spacesuit, designed to accommodate lunar extravehicular activity (EVA). The traditional visor helmet was replaced with a clear "fishbowl"...
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    in 1966 on Gemini 12, during which he spent over five hours on extravehicular activity. Three years later, Aldrin set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 on...
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    of space used by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The global activity of the launch industry grew significantly in 2018. 114 launches were conducted...
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    The Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) is a NASA experiment to demonstrate the use of a prototype free-flying television...
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    saturation, flying in an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. DCS and arterial gas embolism are collectively...
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    Apollo 14 (category Extravehicular activity)
    scientific interest on the Moon for two-day stays with two lunar extravehicular activities (EVAs or moonwalks). The mission was originally scheduled for...
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    Apollo 15 (category Extravehicular activity)
    missions. They spent 181⁄2 hours on the Moon's surface on four extravehicular activities (EVA), and collected 170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material. At...
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    days on the surface. The astronauts will perform at least two Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) on the surface before the HLS ascends to return them to...
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  • Lists of spacewalks and moonwalks (category Extravehicular activity)
    spacewalk records List of longest spacewalks List of spacewalkers Extra-vehicular activity This article includes an outer space-related list of lists....
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    on July 25, 1984 and became the first woman to walk in space (extravehicular activity, EVA) outside the Salyut 7 space station on that mission. Of NASA's...
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    (1980–1982); astronaut office representative for Extravehicular Mobility Unit (spacesuit) and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) procedures and development, including...
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