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extravehicular activity [¦ek·strə·və′hik·yə·lər ak′tiv·əd·ē] (aerospace engineering) Activity conducted outside a spacecraft during space flight. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Today's astronauts perform extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalks, up to seven hours at a time in virtually a "wearable spacecraft. NASA uses Jack to simulate a person in surroundings as diverse as the shirt-sleeve environment within a spacecraft and the cramped conditions inside a space suit during extravehicular activity. In January 1995, NASA Ames Research Center sponsored a workshop titled "Application of Extravehicular Activity Technology for Multiple Sclerosis. |
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