Alexey Leonov

✶May 30, 1934

†October 11, 2019

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About their life

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was eventually cancelled.

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

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