Not many know that the first spacewalk by Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov could have ended in tragedy owing to ...

On 18 March 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission, Alexei Leonov exited his spacecraft (tethered by a long cord) to experience floating in space, thus making the history books for the first ever ...

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on ...

The dramatic rescue of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from the International Space Station has added another incredible ...

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.

This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the first ever space-walk by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

On 18 March 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to spacewalk, tethered to the spaceship by a 5m “umbilical cord”. Show more On 18 March 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became ...

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

Mr Leonov performed his spacewalk on 18 March 1965, when he exited his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether. Image: Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov has died in Moscow aged 85 Roscosmos said in its ...

Alexei Leonov, the first human to conduct a spacewalk, died on October 11 at the age of 85. Leonov carried out two space flights that lasted a total of seven days and 33 minutes. The first one was ...