First spacewalk was performed by cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov in April 1965. He was followed by US astronaut Edward H. White II in June of the same year while flying aboard Gemini 4.
Cosmonaut Alexel Leonov from Voshkod 2
* The first space walk was carried out byAlexey Leonov on March 18 1965. * The first space walk by an American was by Edward White on June 3 1965. * The first moon walk was by Neil Armstrong on July 20th 1969
The first man ever to make a space walk was USSR cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.
Leonov's space walk occurred on 18 March 1965, when he spent 10 minutes outside the space craft Voskhod 2, while his fellow astronaut Pavel Belyayev waited inside.
Soviet/Russian. Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов; born May 30, 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force General who, on March 18, 1965, became the first person to leave the confines of a pressurized spacecraft to perform what is called a "walk in space" or extravehicular activity (EVA).
Cosmonaut Alexel Leonov from Voshkod 2
* The first space walk was carried out byAlexey Leonov on March 18 1965. * The first space walk by an American was by Edward White on June 3 1965. * The first moon walk was by Neil Armstrong on July 20th 1969
The first man ever to make a space walk was USSR cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.
Leonov's space walk occurred on 18 March 1965, when he spent 10 minutes outside the space craft Voskhod 2, while his fellow astronaut Pavel Belyayev waited inside.
Soviet/Russian. Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов; born May 30, 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force General who, on March 18, 1965, became the first person to leave the confines of a pressurized spacecraft to perform what is called a "walk in space" or extravehicular activity (EVA).
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