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. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission ...

"Legendary cosmonaut" Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has died in Moscow aged 85. Russian space agency Roscosmos confirmed his death on its website, but gave no ...

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Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5 ... the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as ...

He was the first person ever to walk on the Moon ... this tiny metal capsule and to my rear is the terrifying vacuum of space. So, why are we up here? Well, there are two real powerful countries ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...

On March 18, 1965, Leonov left his Voskhod spacecraft for 10 minutes to become the first person ever to walk in space. (Central Press/Getty Images) On his second trip to space ten years later ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...