This is the operational term for a surface excursion outside a lunar lander. It requires a specialized pressure suit designed to handle abrasive lunar dust, extreme thermal shifts, and a vacuum environment while supporting mobility in one-sixth gravity. Mission planners script every minute of these excursions to maximize geological sampling and instrument deployment before life support consumables run out.
Heard on the job
The timeline for the second moonwalk allocates forty minutes for deploying the seismic array.
Also heard as
- lunar EVA