Alexei Leonov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk
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Place of Birth: Listvyanka, Russia
About Alexei Leonov
- Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist.
- On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. In July 1975, Leonov commanded the Soyuz capsule in the Soyuz–Apollo mission, which docked in space for two days with an American Apollo capsule.
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