EVA at 50: Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Took 1st Spacewalk 50 Years Ago

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‪#‎ThrowbackThursday‬: Nuclear technology powered the engines for deep space travel, which marked a milestone some 50 years ago with the first ever spacewalk. It lasted only 12 minutes but when Soviet-era cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left the confines of his spacecraft on 18 March 1965 at 08:35 GMT to be the first human being to float in the vacuum of space, the world heralded a new era in space exploration.

EVA at 50: Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Took 1st Spacewalk 50 Years Ago

It lasted just 12 minutes and 9 seconds, but the first spacewalk — 50 years ago — took the first steps towards shaping the future of space exploration. Soviet...

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