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On March 18, Russian Alexei Leonov makes the first-ever spacewalk; he spends around ten minutes outside his Voskhod 2 spacecraft

1972

Ron Evans’ 1 hour 6 minutę spacewalk from Apollo 17 is one of the few occasions when an EVA has taken place outside Earth’s orbit

1984

Bruce McCandless becomes the first astronaut to carry out a spacewalk when not attached to a spacecraft, in this case, Challenger

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'hen an astronaut goes outside a spacecraft, it is lescribed as extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or morę simply, spacewalk. The astronaut doesn’t walk but hovers indjfloats and pulls to move around. To make surę that the istronauts don’t float away, they are attached to their craft.

Creatures in space

Many living creatures other than humans have been into space. In the past 50

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2001

On March 11, Jim Voss and Susan Helms set the record for the longest spacewalk so far; they work outside the International Space Station (ISS) for 8 hours 56 minutes.

2007

The 10Oth spacewalk outside the ISS is performed by Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani on December 18; it lasts 6 hours 56 minutes

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Astronauts are tethered to their craft in one of a number of ways. The earliest astronauts were attached by a cordlike restraint that supplied oxygen. Today, they use metal and ropelike tethers or are

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Spacesuits used to be custom-made for particular astronauts, but now they are madę so they can be quickly adjusted for different-size wearers. Suits are kept on-board the ISS and used when needed.