Voskhod 2 - First space walk

Voskhod 2 - First space walk
03/18/1965 AD launched

His walk in space was originally to have taken place on the 1 mission, but this was cancelled, and the historic event happened on the Voskhod 2 flight instead. He was outside the spacecraft for 12 minutes and nine seconds on 18 March 1965, connected to the craft by a 4.8-metre (16 ft) tether.

At the end of the spacewalk, Leonov's spacesuit had inflated in the vacuum of space to the point where he could not re-enter the airlock.[9] He opened a valve to allow some of the suit's pressure to bleed off and was barely able to get back inside the capsule.

While on the mission, Leonov drew a small sketch of an orbital sunrise, producing the first ever work of art made in outer space. Leonov had spent eighteen months undergoing weightlessness training for the mission.

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Lattitude: 45.965° N
Longitude: 63.305° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc

Modern Day Kazakhstan

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