"A sailor must be able to swim in the sea. Likewise, a cosmonaut must be able to swim in outer space." With those words, the head of the Soviet space program, Sergei Korolev, initiated the crew of the first spacewalk mission. On March 18, 1965, cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev lifted off in Voskhod (Sunrise) 2, from which Leonov would exit to become the first person in history to step into the vacuum of space. .. Continue Reading A step back in time: The 50th anniversary of the first spacewalk
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Tags: Anniversary, History, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Spacewalk, USSR
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