<p>Born in 1934, Alexei Leonov became the 11th Soviet cosmonaut and achieved several major milestones of space exploration. During the Voskhod 2 mission, on March 18, 1965, he exited his capsule for 12 minutes, performing the first human spacewalk. Leonov barely survived the excursion after a malfunction with his suit forced him to drop its<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/march-18-1965-the-first-spacewalk/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"March 18, 1965: The first spacewalk"</span></a></p>
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Born in 1934, Alexei Leonov became the 11th Soviet cosmonaut and achieved several major milestones of space exploration. During the Voskhod 2 mission, on March 18, 1965, he exited his capsule for 12 minutes, performing the first human spacewalk. Leonov barely survived the excursion after a malfunction with his suit forced him to drop itsContinue reading “March 18, 1965: The first spacewalk”
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