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4 forgotten Soviet space missions that quietly beat NASA to the punch

The moon landing. The shuttle. The Hubble Space Telescope. When people think of space exploration milestones, they almost always think of NASA. That's understandable - the United States ran a very ...

The first spacewalk disaster: How Alexei Leonov nearly became stranded in space during humanity’s most daring mission

The first man to ever take steps outside the confines of the spacecraft was Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on March 18, 1965.

OTD in space – June 3: First American spacewalk

On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on ...
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First man to conduct spacewalk, Alexei Leonov, dies

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was ...