On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission ...
The flight was equipped with an inflatable airlock that was extended from the Voskhod module once the crew safely reached orbit ... 2’s launch from Site No. 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome ...