WATCH: The first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, shouted, “Hey, sky, take off your hat; I’m on my way!” Tereshkova’s flight lasted nearly 71 hours. (Soviet Space Pro ...
Alexei Leonov was chosen to be the first human to set foot on the lunar surface, but a series of classified failures and the death of the Soviet space program's chief designer would steal his place in ...
On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev.
The Soviet space program operated behind a wall of secrecy. Failed launches were never announced, and names were tightly ...
Taktika pencils used by Alexei Leonov on board Voskhod 2 (1965), and the first drawing created in space (© Museum of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre) LONDON — The first human to spacewalk ...