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.

Alexei Leonov was a pioneer in multiple ways ... 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 ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...

Alexei Leonov, became the first person to perform a space walk. The American space programme had lagged behind the USSR but everything changed in 1961 when President Kennedy decided that the USA ...

Read also First spacewalker Alexei Leonov dies at 85 Leonov died in Moscow at 85, his aide Natalya Filimonova told TASS on Friday. Leonov made two space flights that lasted a total of seven days ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...