Pioneering cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov died on Friday in Moscow aged 85. With his passing, the world has lost another direct connection to the Cold War space race of the 1960s and 70s.

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Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who in 1965 became the first person in history to spacewalk, has died aged 85. Tethered to his spaceship by a 4.8m (16ft) cable, the Russian floated above the Earth ...

NEW YORK, October 11. /TASS/. Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, who became the first human to walk in space, was a cosmonaut ambassador to the world, US Astronaut Buzz Aldrin wrote on Twitter on ...

They opened the EVA with a tribute to the first man to walk in space, Alexei Leonov, who celebrates his 85th birthday on Thursday. As per usual, Russian spacewalks are often less to do with ...

Spacewalks, also known as EVAs (extravehicular activities), are a crucial part of space exploration. From routine maintenance to historic firsts, here are 10 Most Iconic Spacewalks.

fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov revealed that a hot rodding Su-15 test pilot had dived from his authorized altitude of over 30,000 feet above the training area. The interceptor’s afterburners ...

Ovchinin previously performed an EVA in 2019, during which the cosmonaut wished a happy birthday to Alexei Leonov, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to ever spacewalk in 1965.

cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Peter Gorin. NASA. The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War, a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts and ...