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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...