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This list contains all spacewalks performed since the beginning of 2015 where an astronaut has fully, or partially left the spacecraft. [1]As of 19 August 2016, 215 astronauts have made spacewalks (out of 549 people who have gone into Earth orbit).
This is a list of all astronauts who have engaged in an EVA by partly or fully leaving a spacecraft, exclusive of extravehicular activity on the lunar surface. It is ordered chronologically by the date of first spacewalk.
Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights.
The Polaris Dawn astronauts are now the first commercial spacefarers to ever complete a spacewalk. The maneuver took place early Thursday. Billionaire Jared Isaacman and crew complete historic ...
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Although the pair did not technically leave the spacecraft, it was the first time that nonprofessional astronauts from a private company have conducted a spacewalk. Most spacewalks are conducted ...
Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut.She participated in the Teacher in Space Project as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
But the spacewalk appeared to go off without any major issues. Isaacman reported after taking his first glimpse outside the spacecraft, “Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from ...