Alexey Leonov

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was eventually cancelled.

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1934 — 2019  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov; Aleksej Arhipovič Leonov; Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov; Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov
astronaut, writer, airman, explorer, fighter pilot, painter, military aviator, air force officer, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class, Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class, Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class, Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class, medal "For training", Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Victory over militaristic Japan", Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Lenin Komsomol Prize, Order of the Red Banner, Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms", VDNKh gold medal, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Gold Medal of Military Valour, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, honorary citizen of Kaliningrad Oblast, International Space Hall of Fame, Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, Hero of Labour, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Red Star, Order of Karl Marx, Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia", Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Friendship, Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", USSR State Prize, Artur Becker Medal, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Hero of the Soviet Union, Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of Lenin, Russia, 

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  Voskhod 2 ⓘ
  Soviet crewed spacecraft

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  Soyuz 19 ⓘ
  Soyuz spacecraft that took part in the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project

Russia, 

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2019-10-11T00:00:00Z

1934 — 2019 Alexey Leonov

1965-03-18T00:00:00Z

1965-03-18T00:00:00Z

extra-vehicular activity

1965-03-18T00:00:00Z

1965-03-19T00:00:00Z

1965 Voskhod 2

1975-07-15T00:00:00Z

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1975 Soyuz 19

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Frameless

45 лет первому выходу человека в открытый космос, почтовый конверт

Deke Slayton and Aleksey Leonov

Leonov in 1967

Air Force academy - Aleksei Leonov

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Алексей Леонов (Покорители космоса)

Signature Aleksei Leonov

Air Force academy - Aleksei Leonov

Soviet Cosmonauts 1960s

Alexei Leonov in April 1974

• Aleksei Leonov, First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85 - obituary in the New York Times, 2019, online
• First Time - 2017 space history film by Dmitriy Kiselev
• First Time - 2017 space history film by Dmitriy Kiselev

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1965	Voskhod 2	human spaceflight, Voskhod, crewed spacecraft	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1975	Soyuz 19	human spaceflight, Soyuz 7K-TM	Wikidata
commons	image		45 лет первому выходу человека в открытый космос, почтовый конверт		Commons
commons	image		Deke Slayton and Aleksey Leonov		Commons
commons	image		Leonov in 1967		Commons
commons	image		Air Force academy - Aleksei Leonov		Commons
commons	image		RR5111-0290R		Commons
commons	image		Алексей Леонов (Покорители космоса)		Commons
commons	image		Signature Aleksei Leonov		Commons
commons	image		Air Force academy - Aleksei Leonov		Commons
commons	image		Soviet Cosmonauts 1960s		Commons
commons	image		Alexei Leonov in April 1974		Commons