Leonov’s story of bravery is one of many, showing just how daring people had to be during those pioneering days of space travel. His near-fatal ordeal not only changed the design of future spacesuits ...

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was ...

The world's first spacewalker was Russian. Short and stocky, quick with a grin, Alexei Leonov was the most approachable of the Soviet-era cosmonauts. Leonov left the cramped confines of his Voskhod ...

The world's first spacewalker, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, has died at the age of 85. NASA announced Leonov's death Friday morning as astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch emerged from the ...

Incredibly, it worked: he might have been overheating, upside down, and suffering from the first pangs of the bends, but Leonov made it back inside his craft. It was time to go back home.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On March 18, 1965, Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov became famous after performing the world's first walk in space. "Outside the Spacecraft: 50 Years of ...

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was saddened to announce the death of "cosmonaut No 11" who was twice decorated with the country's top honour, the Hero of the Soviet Union. Leonov was a ...

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