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Thursday, 19 March 2015

50 Years Ago, The First Spacewalk Nearly Ended In Tragedy


On March 18, 1965, Alexey Leonov stepped outside the thin metal shell of Voskhod-2 to float in the harsh void of space. For 12 minutes and 9 seconds, Leonov opened the doors on an entire new branch of exploration as the first spacewalker. It was nearly a disaster.


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