Aleksei Leonov
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Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov , (born May 30, 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, USSR), is a retired Soviet/Russia cosmonaut and Air Force General who, on March 18, 1965, became the first human to walk in space.
Leonov was one of the twenty air force pilots selected as the first cosmonaut group in 1960. His spacewalk was originally to have taken place on the Vostok 11 mission, but this was cancelled, and the historic event happened on the Voskhod 2 flight instead. He was outside the spacecraft...
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