On 18 March 1965, the Soviet Union sent Alexei Leonov outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history. The mission ...

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On March 18, 1965, Alexey Leonov stepped outside the thin metal shell of Voskhod-2 to float in the harsh void of space. For 12 minutes and 9 seconds, Leonov opened the doors on an entire new branch of ...

The Soviet Voskhod program was created to break several firsts, even if it meant risking the lives of its crew. Voskhod 1's mission was to launch three men into space aboard a tiny pod where they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several "firsts" for human ...

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