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It happened today. 19 March 1965: the Russian Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk

Lausanne, Switzerland - Exactly 50 years ago, outside of the Voskhod 2 spaceship

Today is a special day in the history of space exploration. It is the day, 50 years ago, that Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov became the first person to walk in space. On 19 March 1965, Leonov exited from Russian spaceship Voskhod 2 and stayed out for a total of 23 min 41 seconds. He free floated for 12 min 9 sec, which is the performance that the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) ra...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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