spacewalker

English

Etymology

From space +‎ walker. Analyzable as spacewalk +‎ -er.

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 The 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.

   • 2013 September 30, Dennis Overbye, “Astronaut and a Writer at the Movies”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Mr. Clooney, as a veteran spacewalker, with his resonant voice and folksy yarns, seems to be channeling every imperturbable astronaut you ever heard speaking from on high.