Editing Extravehicular activity (section)

===National, ethnic and gender firsts===
* The first woman to perform an EVA was Soviet [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] on July 25, 1984, while aboard the [[Salyut 7]] space station. Her EVA lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes.
** The first American woman to perform an EVA was on October 11, 1984, by [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] during [[STS-41-G]].
** The first two women to perform an EVA together and the first all-female EVA team were [[Christina Koch]] and [[Jessica Meir]] on October 18, 2019, during [[Expedition 61]] on the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iji5hTQ3CUo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Iji5hTQ3CUo| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=NASA Astronauts Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station on Oct. 18|date=October 18, 2019|publisher=NASA|via=YouTube|access-date=October 18, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/buitenland/6004873/voor-het-eerst-maakt-vrouwelijk-duo-ruimtewandeling-bij-iss.html|title=Voor het eerst maakt vrouwelijk duo ruimtewandeling bij ISS|language=nl|website=nu.nl|date=October 18, 2019|trans-title=For the first time a female duo is taking a space walk at ISS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2019/10/18/nasa-tv-is-live-now-broadcasting-first-all-woman-spacewalk/ |title=NASA TV is Live Now Broadcasting First All-Woman Spacewalk |last=Garcia |first=Mark |date=18 October 2019 |website=NASA Blogs |publisher=NASA |access-date=18 October 2019 }}</ref>
** The first female Asian and Chinese woman to perform an EVA was [[Wang Yaping]] on 8 November 2021, outside the Chinese [[Tiangong space station]].
** The first Native American woman to perform a space walk was [[Nicole Aunapu Mann]] on January 20, 2023, during [[Expedition 68]] on the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kristv.com/news/national/nasa-astronaut-becomes-first-native-american-woman-to-conduct-spacewalk|title=NASA astronaut becomes first Native American woman to conduct spacewalk|date=January 23, 2023|website=KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi}}</ref>
* The first EVA by a non-Soviet, non-American was made on December 9, 1988, by [[Jean-Loup Chrétien]] of [[France]] during a three-week stay on the [[Mir]] space station.
* The first EVA by a black African-American was on February 9, 1995, by [[Bernard A. Harris Jr.|Bernard A. Harris Jr]] during [[STS-63]].
* The first EVA by a Japanese astronaut was made on November 25, 1997, by [[Takao Doi]] during [[STS-87]].
* The first EVA by a Swiss astronaut was made on December 23, 1999, by [[Claude Nicollier]] during [[STS-103]].
* The first EVA by an Australian-born person was on March 13, 2001, by [[Andy Thomas]] (although he is a naturalized U.S. citizen).
*The first EVA by a Canadian astronaut was made on April 22, 2001, by [[Chris Hadfield]] along with NASA astronaut [[Scott E. Parazynski|Scott Parazynski]] during mission [[STS-100]] to install [[Canadarm2]] on the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/about-the-job/spacewalks.asp|title=Spacewalks|website=www.asc-csa.gc.ca|date=June 17, 2016|language=en|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref>
* The first EVA by a Swedish astronaut was made on December 12, 2006, by [[Christer Fuglesang]].
* The first EVA by a Chinese astronaut was made on September 27, 2008, by [[Zhai Zhigang]] during [[Shenzhou 7]] mission. The spacewalk, using a [[Feitian space suit]], made China the third country to independently carry out an EVA.
* The first EVA by an Italian astronaut was made on July 9, 2013, by [[Luca Parmitano]] along with NASA Astronaut [[Chris Cassidy]] during [[Expedition 36]] on the [[International Space Station]].
* The first EVA by a British astronaut was on January 15, 2016, by [[Tim Peake]].<ref name="BBC_Rincon">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35273912 | last=Rincon | first=Paul | title=Tim Peake on historic spacewalk | date=January 5, 2016 | work=BBC News | access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref>
** Although British-American [[Michael Foale]] carried out an EVA on February 9, 1995, he flew as an American astronaut in NASA's program.<ref name="BBC_Rincon"/>
* The first EVA by an Arab astronaut was made on April 28, 2023, by [[United Arab Emirates|Emirati]] astronaut [[Sultan Al Neyadi]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Stephen |title=Watch live: First Arab spacewalker heads outside International Space Station – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/28/us-eva-86-coverage/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |date=28 April 2023}}</ref>
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[[File:STS-116 spacewalk 1.jpg|thumb|[[International Space Station]] assembly EVA made during the [[STS-116]] mission. [[Robert Curbeam]] (with red stripes) together with [[Christer Fuglesang]] over [[Cook Strait]], [[New Zealand]].]]
[[File:SolovyevEVA.jpg|thumbnail|[[Anatoly Solovyev]] holds the record for time spent during spacewalks: 82+ hours over 16 separate outings, seen here performing an EVA outside [[Mir]] space station in 1997.]]