Born in 1934, Alexei Leonov became the 11th Soviet cosmonaut and achieved several major milestones of space exploration.
Behind the iconic images of a man floating above earth is a story full of danger, secrecy and Cold War rivalry, where even the truth could become collateral damage.
On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev.
Last week’s 55th anniversary of the world’s first spacewalk proved yet again that some of the most iconic events of the early Space Age can still be greatly misunderstood. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched from its base in Baikonur, in modern day Kazakhstan. On board were two ...