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• n  an astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space

• Noguchi, the lead spacewalker for the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight mission, checks a potential repair technique for the Shuttle's heat protection tiles in Johnson Space Center .
• NASA spacewalker on cleaning up a faulty turning mechanism on one of the international space station's solar-panels.
• The two-man Soviet crew included the smilingly ursine Alexei Leonov, the first spacewalker and an overall affable presence; the three-man Apollo crew included Deke Slayton, one .

News & Articles

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• Space Station Astronaut Becomes Italy's 1st Spacewalker
  Italy, you have a spacewalker. European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano became the first Italian ever to walk in space today (July 9) outside of the International Space Station.
  July 9, 2013 - SPACE.com via Yahoo! News
• Spacewalk chips away at backlog of station tasks
  Two astronauts, including Italy's first spacewalker, spent six hours outside the International Space Station Tuesday
  July 9, 2013 - CBS News
• Photos: Astronaut Luca Parmitano Becomes Italy's 1st Spacewalker
  See photos from the July 9, 2013 spacewalk outside the International Space Station that saw Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano become Italy's first spacewalker. Parmitano worked outside the station with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy.
  July 9, 2013 - SPACE.com

Quotes

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• Dan Bursch in USA Today
  Just about anything that could go wrong, the other spacewalker could go help them,Bursch said. "You really have to try hard to screw up."
• Winston Scott in Xinhua
  He (the spacewalker) is going to have a fantastic experience. I would urge him take the spacewalk slowly and deliberately. He should relax and enjoy the experience,Scott, with three spacewalks on record, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
• Pamela Melroy in USA Today
  Another legendary performance by a legendary (spacewalker) in the astronaut office,said astronaut Pamela Melroy from Missoin Control.