Posted on March 27, 2014
Leonov opened the airlocks outer hatch He was positioned on his “back” and this orientation revealed the beauty of earth in its entirety. His heart began to race as he pushed his upper body outside and saw the deep blue vista of the Mediterranean Se...
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Descent module of Voskhod-2 from which Alexey Leonov pioneered extravehicular activity
Leonov and Belyayev in Voskhod-2, 1965
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