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Bookmark or Share- Alexei Leonov - WikipediaAlexei Arkhipovich Leonov[a] (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, 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.
- ESA - Alexei Leonov: The artistic spaceman - European Space AgencyOne 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 ...
- Aleksei Leonov | Spaceflight, Voskhod 2, EVA | BritannicaAleksei Leonov (born May 30, 1934, Listvyanka, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died October 11, 2019, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet cosmonaut who performed the first space walk. After early schooling in Kaliningrad, Leonov joined the Soviet air force in 1953.
- Aleksei Leonov, First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85Aleksei Leonov, the Russian cosmonaut who became the first person to walk in space, a thrilling feat that nearly cost him his life but raised Soviet prestige during the Cold War space race...
- Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer | SpaceAlexei 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 —...
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