He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the Soviet Union’s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 was not without its difficulties.

His Voskhod 2 crewmate, Leonov, died in 2019 at the age of 85. In addition to Belyayev's 100th and the 60th anniversary of Voskhod 2, the Progress MS-30 fairing also displayed emblems for the ...

A similar emblem on another side of the same fairing commemorated the 60th anniversary of that extravehicular activity and Belyayev's and Alexei Leonov's historic flight on Voskhod 2. The Progress ...