Hundreds of Russians bade farewell to cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, at a solemn funeral ceremony on Tuesday which culminated in a gun salute. The ceremony for Leonov, who ...
In 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space, but a catastrophic suit malfunction nearly trapped him outside his spacecraft forever. This is the story of the cosmonaut who was later ...
CNN — Alexei Leonov, the first person to perform a spacewalk, died this week. He was 85. Russian space agency Roscosmos Space Corporation announced his passing Friday. Leonov made history on March 18, ...