Alexei Leonov. In March 1965, Leonov was one of two cosmonauts launched on the Voskhod 2 mission. The flight was equipped with an inflatable airlock that was extended from the Voskhod module ...
He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the Soviet Union ... s internal atmosphere and he could not re-enter the airlock. Bleeding the suit beyond its safety limits to make it more ...
On 18 March 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission, Alexei Leonov exited his spacecraft (tethered by a long cord) to experience floating in space, thus making the history books for the first ever ...