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Alexei Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, artist, and writer. He was the first person to walk in space, the commander of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, and a twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Leonov was born in the remote village of Listvyanka, in what is now Irkutsk Oblast, Russia on May 30, 1934. He was the eighth of nine children of Yevdokia and Arkhip Alxeievich Leonov. Before Leonov was born, his grandfather had been exiled to Siberia for taking part in the 1905 revolution during the Czarist regime. Increasing political turmoil in ...
On March 18, 1965, Leonov left Earth on his first flight into space with the Voskhod 2 mission. Leonov served as pilot for the 26-hour flight, commanded by Pavel Beyayev. Ninety minutes after launch, Leonov left the relative safety of his spacecraft, and became the first person to float freely in the vast, silent expanse of space. "It was so quiet ...
Leonov served as commander of the cosmonaut program from 1976 to 1982 and was deputy director of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. He retired in 1991 with the rank of Major General in the Soviet Air Force. While in retirement, Leonov served as chair for an investment corporation in Moscow and continued to practice art, according to the Ne...
Learn about the life and achievements of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who made the first spacewalk in 1965 and commanded the first rendezvous between a Soviet and American spacecraft in 1975. See his paintings of space scenes and his legacy as a space explorer and artist.
Oct 14, 2019 · Pioneering cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov died on Friday in Moscow aged 85. With his passing, the world has lost another direct connection to the Cold War space race of the 1960s and...
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Learn about Aleksei Leonov, the Soviet cosmonaut who made the first space walk in 1965 and linked with the U.S. Apollo craft in 1975. Find out his biography, achievements, and book co-authored with David Scott.
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Oct 4, 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Alexei Leonov, one of the first cosmonauts and the first to perform a spacewalk. Discover how he trained for the Moon and Salyut missions, and how he expressed himself through painting.
Oct 11, 2019 · Aleksei 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...
Oct 18, 2019 · Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history in 1965 as the first person to walk in space, but faced many challenges and dangers during his mission. Learn about his life, achievements and legacy in this tribute article by Space.com.
