First spacewalk — Alexei Leonov

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

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos

  Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.