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Two Trailblazing Spacewalks in 1965 Opened the Door to Decades of Astronauts Pushing the Limits of Their Capabilities
Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...
History Today: When Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk in space
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on ...
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Success for American billionaire on Elon Musk’s riskiest mission
An American billionaire has become the first person to carry out a commercial spacewalk as part of SpaceX’s historic mission to test out its newly-designed spacesuits. The Polaris Dawn ...
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This Day in History on March 18: Alexei Leonov Completes First-Ever Space Walk
March 18 has seen its fair share of significant events that have shaped the world in numerous ways.One of the most noteworthy events in history on March ...
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The Space Race
June 3-7: On Gemini 4, a particularly strong astronaut, Edward White II, exits his vehicle and performs the first American space walk. The ease with which he maneuvers will not be easily ...
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Two NASA astronauts make history as they complete the first spacewalk by an all-women team
Since cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk in 1984, women have participated in 42 spacewalks. Of the 15 women who have done spacewalks, 14 have been NASA astronauts.