On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and ... Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 was not without its difficulties. Although outside ...

"Legendary cosmonaut" Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has died in Moscow ... secured by a tether. Image: Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov has died in Moscow aged 85 ...