Explained: How Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: How Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Sahil M Beg |New Delhi |Updated: October 13, 2019 4:43:34 pm

Explained: How Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space

On March 18, 1965, Leonov created history after he exited the Voskhod 2 spacecraft capsule, tethered by a 16 feet long cable, and floated in space for a duration of 12 minutes and 9 seconds.

FILE – In this March 26, 1965 file photo, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who stepped into space from the Voskod-2 spaceship, speaks in Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to ever walk in space died on Friday at the age of 85 in Moscow.