three Soviet cosmonauts visited the world’s first space station, Salyut 1. But during preparations for re-entry, the crew ...

Space exploration marked a historic milestone when first photograph of a human in space was taken during Alexei Leonov's historic spacewalk on March 18, 1965, as part of the Voskhod 2 mission. Leonov ...

MOSCOW -- A Soviet cosmonaut left his space ship for ... flight in a scene that was almost dreamlike. He wore a silvery space suit and boots. Viewers could see oxygen tanks strapped to his back.

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and ... colour for maximum propaganda effect), his suit ballooned when no longer constrained ...