Alexei Leonov
30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019
Alexei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut and air force officer who, on 18 March 1965, became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, during the Voskhod 2 mission. He later commanded the Soviet crew of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first joint United States-Soviet crewed spaceflight. After his flying career he served for many years in the management of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre and worked as a painter of space subjects.
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Life events
Leonov was born in the village of Listvyanka in the Kemerovo region of the Soviet Union.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed pilot training in Ukraine and was commissioned into the Soviet Air Forces.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeonov was among the twenty pilots chosen for the initial Soviet cosmonaut corps.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the title for the first time following the Voskhod 2 flight.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe left the Voskhod 2 capsule for about twelve minutes, becoming the first human to carry out extravehicular activity.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeonov commanded the Soviet spacecraft that docked with an American Apollo craft in the first joint crewed mission by the two countries.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked as deputy director of the centre and as commander of the cosmonaut detachment until his retirement from the air force.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeonov died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
Source: en.wikipedia.org