On 18 March 1965, the Soviet Union sent Alexei Leonov outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history. The mission ...

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was ...

The world's first spacewalker, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, has died at the age of 85. NASA announced Leonov's death Friday morning as astronauts Andrew Morgan and Christina Koch emerged from the ...

It’s the stuff of nightmares: stuck in outer space, alone, with no way to get to safety except by exposing yourself directly to the cold, deadly vacuum around you. But that was the reality for Alexei ...

CNN — Alexei Leonov, the first person to perform a spacewalk, died this week. He was 85. Russian space agency Roscosmos Space Corporation announced his passing Friday. Leonov made history on March 18, ...

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The world's first spacewalker was Russian. Short and stocky, quick with a grin, Alexei Leonov was the most approachable of the Soviet-era cosmonauts. Leonov left the cramped confines of his Voskhod ...

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was saddened to announce the death of "cosmonaut No 11" who was twice decorated with the country's top honour, the Hero of the Soviet Union. Leonov was a ...