Leonov’s walk on … On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk.

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.

Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds in space. But it must have felt like an eternity. In classic Soviet style, nobody would know about the trouble Leonov ran into during his spacewalk for ...

Alexei Leonov was a pioneer in multiple ways for ... Voskhod 2 – the first spacewalk: The noted and sad irony that the first person to walk in space died on the same day two NASA astronauts ...

Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin have completed their spacewalk, titled VKD-46 on Wednesday ... to the first man to walk in space, Alexei Leonov, who celebrates his 85th birthday on Thursday.

The first person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov from Russia, on March 18, 1965. It was 10 minutes long. The first ...

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.