Aleksei Leonov's First Spacewalk March 18, 1965

Aleksei Leonov's First Spacewalk March 18, 1965

On March 18, 1965, Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov became famous after performing the world's first walk in space.

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was cancelled.