Leonov’s walk on … 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.

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who in 1965 became the first person in history to spacewalk, has died aged 85. Tethered to his spaceship by a 4.8m (16ft) cable, the Russian floated above the Earth ...

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.

Spacewalks, also known as EVAs (extravehicular activities), are a crucial part of space exploration. From routine maintenance to historic firsts, here are 10 Most Iconic Spacewalks.

Pioneering cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov died on Friday in Moscow aged ... Read the story of the first spacewalk, and how the mission nearly didn't come back to Earth. Born in the Siberian ...

Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin have completed their spacewalk, titled VKD-46 on Wednesday ... to the first man to walk in space, Alexei Leonov, who celebrates his 85th birthday on Thursday.

Ovchinin previously performed an EVA in 2019, during which the cosmonaut wished a happy birthday to Alexei Leonov, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to ever spacewalk in 1965.

On May 30, Leonov celebrated his 85th birthday. Members of the International Space Station’s crew Oleg Kononenko and Alexei Ovchinin dedicated their May 29 spacewalk to Leonov’s jubilee.

Spacewalk, first undertaken on March 18, 1965, during the peak of the space race, has been associated with considerable risks ...

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 ...