Leonov | 2001: A Space Odyssey Wiki | Fandom
The Leonov, its namesake being Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, is a fictitious Russian spacecraft that was used on the Jupiter Mission, in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two and 1984 film adaption.
Alexei Leonov - Wikipedia
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov [a] (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.
Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer | Space
Oct 11, 2019 · Alexei Leonov was one of the first 20 Soviet Air Force pilots to train as cosmonauts in 1960. In 1965, he became the first person to exit a spacecraft and walk in space — an experience that...
Aleksei Leonov | Spaceflight, Voskhod 2, EVA | Britannica
Aleksei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut who performed the first space walk. After early schooling in Kaliningrad, Leonov joined the Soviet air force in 1953. He completed his flight training in 1957 and served as a fighter pilot until 1959, when he was selected for cosmonaut training.
ESA - Alexei Leonov: The artistic spaceman - European Space …
Oct 4, 2007 · One of the first cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov trained with Yuri Gagarin. He gave the world a new perspective on human presence in space by being the first to venture into new territories: he made the first spacewalk, helped to end the US/Soviet space confrontation by shaking hands with a NASA astronaut in orbit and gave form to his memories ...
Heroes of Space: Alexei Leonov
Oct 18, 2019 · Alexei Leonov, who performed the world's first spacewalk in 1965 and co-led the first joint mission between the U.S. and Russia, died on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 in Moscow at age 85.
The story of Alexei Leonov, the first man in outer space
Alexei Leonov (1934 – 2019), a Soviet cosmonaut who, as part of the mission of Voskhod-2 spaceship, conducted the first spacewalk in the history of mankind, died on October 11, 2019.
Alexei Leonov: First person to walk in space dies aged 85
Oct 11, 2019 · 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...
First Spacewalk by Alexei Leonov: Why It Was a Secret | TIME
Mar 18, 2015 · For ten minutes Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov drifted and spun through dreamlike gyrations while he followed the spaceship Voskhod II in its swift, elliptical path around the...
ESA - Alexei Leonov, the first spacewalker, passes away
Oct 11, 2019 · On 18 March 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to float freely outside a spacecraft in Earth orbit, when he ventured from Voskhod 2. Famously, Alexei displayed nerves of steel when his spacesuit expanded in the vacuum of space so much that he was unable to squeeze back into the spacecraft.
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