COLLINS: NASA calls it an extra-vehicular activity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2006] Reference
HARRIS: What do you say, Heidi, to a little extra-vehicular activity?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2006] Reference
NGUYEN: Well NASA calls it -- this is great, extra-vehicular activity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2006] Reference
He's headed for the International Space Station and some extra-vehicular activity spacewalking. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: April 2008 Archives] Reference
One body is an immense hollow sphere of negligible mass, the other is relatively small in size -- an extra-vehicular scientist, let's say -- and also of negligible mass. From Wordnik.com. [Gravitation and its misappropriation by quantum theory] Reference
Also known as an extra-vehicular activity EVA, those clients interested in the spacewalk option have the availability to spend up to 1.5 hours outside of the space station. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: July 2006 Archives] Reference
But these teddy bears drifting nearly 20 miles above Earth have become the first soft toys to take part in extra-vehicular activity (to use correct NASA jargon) at such an altitude. From Wordnik.com. [Teds in space] Reference
Another bit of fallout is that before this happened, the EVA (extra-vehicular activity) schedule was extremely tight, with a good chance that either the ACS or STIS repair would have to be scrapped if even the slightest activity went slower than planned. From Wordnik.com. [Awful Hubble News] Reference
And there, up there -- and you can see her moving around is Heide Piper, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, space rookie and EVA, or extra-vehicular activity, or, for you and I, space walk rookie, involved in the process of unfurling some solar arrays or preparing for those solar arrays to be unfurled later in the mission. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2006] Reference
Biggs says that extra-vehicular activity EVA, repairs to spacecraft, nuclear testing and crude anti-satellite technology tested during the 80s and 90s have all contributed to the rocket casings, fairings, nuts and bolts, flecks of paint, gloves, tools and other potentially lethal bits of shrapnel currently orbiting the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
It is designed to use tools and systems during extra-vehicular activity. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Right on the heels of China's first extra-vehicular activity in space, the privately run SpaceX has. From Wordnik.com. [Doubting to shuo] Reference
Discovery astronauts still need to perform two additional extra-vehicular activities (EVA), Space reports. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
His specialties at NASA included training astronauts on science payloads, and extra-vehicular activities (EVA). From Wordnik.com. [Canada Free Press] Reference
According to NASA, Robonaut type machines could be especially useful in extra-vehicular activities (EVAs, spacewalks). From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
The third and last extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Atlantis flight took place yesterday, but began with a small delay. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
During these extra-vehicular activities (EVA), the experts will secure Tranquility to the ISS, and will also mount the Cupola. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
On June 11, NASA mission managers announced a two-day extension of the mission, adding a fourth extra-vehicular activity (EVA). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
The ability to do what is also called "extra-vehicular activity" is essential for China's long-term goals of an orbiting station in the next decade and possibly a visit to. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Spacewalks -- extra-vehicular activities in NASA-speak -- are always high-profile events in any shuttle mission, and Metcalf-Lindenburger will play a role in three of them. From Wordnik.com. [TradingMarkets] Reference
China has developed its own EVA (extra-vehicular activity) spacesuit, which cost 30 million yuan (£2. 37m), described by Hu as "a great leap for China's space technology". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
One of the major tasks of the three-day mission is extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk in this case, mission spokesman Wang Zhaoyao said at a news conference Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The ability to do what is also called "extra-vehicular activity" is essential for China's long-term goals of an orbiting station in the next decade and possibly a visit to the moon. From Wordnik.com. [ITN Headlines] Reference
Astronomers on the International Space Station (ISS) have been preparing for an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) over the past week or so, which was finally conducted yesterday, January 14. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
In what was probably one of the most remarkable extra-vehicular activities (EVA) ever, astronauts managed to secure the new NASA module Tranquility to the International Space Station (ISS). From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became "the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to As the Lance Armstrong era ends, legal process begins] Reference
NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson each performed the sixth extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of their careers, and they managed to successfully complete all the major chores allotted to them. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
Yesterday's spacewalk was the fourth in a series of five extra-vehicular ventures by astronauts based aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, which captured Hubble at 17,500mph last week and latched it down into its open cargo bay. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
From the moment he first slipped the surly bonds of earth, Young would go on to log 835 hours of Space flight, as well as more than 20 hours of extra-vehicular time on the surface of the moon as Commander of Apollo 16 - he was the ninth man to step on the lunar soil. From Wordnik.com. [collectSPACE Today In Space History] Reference
A world record for women with four spacewalks totalling 29 hours and 17 minutes of extra-vehicular activity. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
"the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to As the Lance Armstrong era ends, legal process begins] Reference
He’d donned his suit and his tool bag and gone extra-vehicular to repair the grid connector with the confidence of a well-trained and experienced tech. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2007 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
Originally, Parkes was scheduled to acquire all of the TV transmissions because at the hour the astronauts were scheduled to engage in their extra-vehicular activity (2 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [B&C - Advertising News] Reference
Three extra-vehicular activities. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
'extra-vehicular activity' spacewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets]
"extra-vehicular activity". From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
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