spacewalker

English

Etymology

space +‎ walker

Noun

spacewalker (plural spacewalkers)

1. An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
   • 2007 August 16, Kenneth Chang, “Shuttle Crew Is Told to Study for Repairs, as NASA Wavers”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     NASA has spacewalkers periodically look at their gloves, since the discovery of a cut in a glove used by an astronaut during the last shuttle mission.