Leonov recounted the beautiful and harrowing experience of his spacewalk mission in the book Two Sides of the Moon, co-written with NASA Apollo astronaut David Scott. Leonov's post-mission report ...

On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev. They had the important mission of accomplishing mankind’s first spacewalk ...

Alexei Leonov was one of the first 20 Soviet Air Force pilots to train as cosmonauts in 1960. ... 2004) with Apollo 15 moonwalker David Scott. Leonov turned 85 on May 30, ...

David Scott flew in space three times, ... In 2004, he and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov co-authored "Two Sides Of The Moon," a look at the space race from both sides of the Cold War.

And in 2006, he co-authored a memoir about the Cold War “space race” with Apollo astronaut David Scott. Leonov was the last surviving Voskhod astronaut; Belyeyev, his commander on the 1965 ...

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut, was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965 – an experience that almost killed him. ... — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 11, 2019.

David R. Scott is one of only 12 humans to have walked on ... Scott, 83, is coauthor with Alexei Leonov of the critically acclaimed “Two Sides Of The Moon,” a look at the space race from both ...

Alexei Leonov – much more than just a cosmonaut: ... He also co-wrote a dual biography and history of the Space Race with U.S. astronaut David Scott titled Two Sides of the Moon: ...

Voskhod 2 was Leonov's first spaceflight. Before becoming a cosmonaut, he flew MiGs. NASA In March 1965, at the age of 30, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history ...

In 2004, Leonov co-authored the joint autobiography "Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race" with Apollo 15 moonwalker David Scott. Leonov was married to Svetlana Pavlovna ...

Legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space — an experience that almost killed him — has died after a long illness, the Russian space agency confirmed Friday. He was 85.

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first person to walk in space, has died at the age of 85 at the Burdenko Military Hospital in Moscow. His death was announced Friday, Oct. 11, by Roscosmos ...