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First Person to Walk in Space: Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Those Who Came After Him

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Voskhod-2 was the second ship in the Soviet space program known as Voskhod. Its crew comprised of commander Pavel Belyaev and pilot Alexei Leonov. The purpose of the flight was to carry out the first manned spacewalk in history.

The design of the ship was improved in comparison with the three seat Voskhod-1: one of the seats was removed; and a sunroof and airlock were installed in its place.

Voskhod-2 launched on 18 March 1965 at 10:00 Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacewalk experiment was successful. In total, the сosmonaut spent 26 hours in orbit, and on 19 March at 12:02 they landed safely 70 kilometers outside Solikamsk, Russia.

© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankAlexei Leonov 18-19 March 1965, together with Pavel Belyaev, performed a space flight as a second pilot on the Voskhod-2 spaceship. During this flight, Leonov made the first spacewalk in the history of space exploration lasting 12 minutes 9 seconds.
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Alexei Leonov 18-19 March 1965, together with Pavel Belyaev, performed a space flight as a second pilot on the Voskhod-2 spaceship. During this flight, Leonov made the first spacewalk in the history of space exploration lasting 12 minutes 9 seconds.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankFlight into space of the spacecraft Voskhod-2. The USSR pilot-cosmonaut Alexei Leonov makes the first EVA in space history lasting 12 minutes 9 seconds. 18 March 1965.
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Flight into space of the spacecraft Voskhod-2. The USSR pilot-cosmonaut Alexei Leonov makes the first EVA in space history lasting 12 minutes 9 seconds. 18 March 1965.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Rodionov / Go to the mediabankSpacewalk of Russian cosmonauts - crew members of the Mir orbital complex Victor Afanasyev and Sergei Avdeev.
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Spacewalk of Russian cosmonauts - crew members of the Mir orbital complex Victor Afanasyev and Sergei Avdeev.
© Sputnik / Roscosmos / Go to the mediabankCosmonauts of Roscosmos Sergei Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko made spacewalks on 3 February 2016.
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Cosmonauts of Roscosmos Sergei Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko made spacewalks on 3 February 2016.
© Photo : ROSCOSMOSCosmonaut during spacewalk
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Cosmonaut during spacewalk
© Photo : NASA NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is attached to an articulating portable foot restraint during a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Christina Koch (upper right) to finalize upgrading power systems on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss structure.
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First Person to Walk in Space: Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Those Who Came After Him
© Photo : NASA / ROSCOSMOSRussian cosmonaut during spacewalk
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Russian cosmonaut during spacewalk
© Photo : ESA/NASA-A.MorganESA astronaut Luca Parmitano captured flying over the Caribbean by NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan during their third spacewalk to service the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02.
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First Person to Walk in Space: Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Those Who Came After Him
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankUSSR pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov during spacewalk 25 July 1984.
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USSR pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov during spacewalk 25 July 1984.
© Photo : NASANASA astronaut Robert Curbeam works on the International Space Station's S1 truss during the space shuttle Discovery's STS-116 mission in Dec. 2006. European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame) was his partner in the 6-hour, 36-minute spacewalk.
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First Person to Walk in Space: Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Those Who Came After Him
© Photo : ROSCOSMOSRussian cosmonaut during spacewalk
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Russian cosmonaut during spacewalk
© Photo : NASAGumdrop meets Spider. Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed "Gumdrop", and Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed "Spider", are shown docked together as Command Module pilot David R. Scott stands in the open hatch. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, took this photograph of Scott as he stood on the porch outside the Lunar Module, 6 March 1969.
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Gumdrop meets Spider. Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed "Gumdrop", and Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed "Spider", are shown docked together as Command Module pilot David R. Scott stands in the open hatch. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, took this photograph of Scott as he stood on the porch outside the Lunar Module, 6 March 1969.
© Sputnik / Roscosmos Press Service / Go to the mediabankRoscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Alexander Misurkin during spacewalk
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Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Alexander Misurkin during spacewalk
© Photo : ESA/NASAThe first spacewalk to service the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) could not have gone better. Lead spacewalker ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is imaged here hitching a ride on the International Space Station’s 16-metre long robotic arm to kick off the first of four ventures to service the particle physics detector on 15 November.
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