Spacewalk (EVA)
First spacewalk — Alexei Leonov
Human spaceflight1965-03-18
Overview
On 18 March 1965, Alexei Leonov left the Voskhod 2 spacecraft to become the first human to perform a spacewalk (extravehicular activity).
Participants
Knowledge connections
- Performed byAlexei Leonov
- Part of missionVoskhod 2
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos
Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.