Spacewalks
Every spacewalk since Alexei Leonov's in 1965 — from Gemini and Apollo moonwalks to Mir, the Space Shuttle, the ISS and Tiangong — with the spacewalker, spacecraft, airlock, suit, start and end time and duration. One row per person per spacewalk.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | ID | string | Spacewalk name and astronaut ID. |
| eva_name | Spacewalk | string | Agency or McDowell name for the spacewalk, e.g. 'ISS US EVA-100'. |
| start_time | Start (UTC) | datetime | Airlock pressure fell below 50 mbar. |
| end_time | End (UTC) | datetime | Airlock pressure rose back above 50 mbar. |
| astronaut | Spacewalker | string | — |
| astronaut_id | Astronaut ID | string | McDowell's astronaut ID (AS-nnnnn). |
| country | Country | country | Citizenship of the spacewalker. |
| eva_role | EVA role | string | Spacewalk designation, e.g. EV1/EV2 (NASA) or O1/O2 (Roscosmos). |
| spacecraft | Spacecraft | string | Spaceship or station the spacewalk began from. |
| airlock | Airlock | string | — |
| suit | Suit | string | Spacesuit type and serial number. |
| backpack | Backpack | string | Separate propulsion pack, e.g. SAFER or MMU. |
| duration_hours | Duration | number · h | Depressurisation to repressurisation. |
| duration_hatch_hours | Hatch open to close | number · h | Roscosmos convention. |
| duration_outside_hours | Time outside | number · h | Egress to ingress; 0 when the astronaut stayed inside the vehicle. |
| purpose | Purpose | string | McDowell's short note on the spacewalk's task. |
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