First Spacewalk
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Date
March 18, 1965
Type
World
Author
hjwilson1975
Location
Moscow,
Moscow,
Russia
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Event Details
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), or a 'spacewalk', on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission.
Leonov spent 12 minutes outside the spacecraft. The mission experienced severe technical difficulties but marked a significant milestone in the Space Race.