Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched from its base in Baikonur, in modern day Kazakhstan. On board were two ...

Taktika pencils used by Alexei Leonov on board Voskhod 2 (1965), and the first drawing created in space (© Museum of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre) LONDON — The first human to spacewalk ...

Last week’s 55th anniversary of the world’s first spacewalk proved yet again that some of the most iconic events of the early Space Age can still be greatly misunderstood. Soviet cosmonaut Alexei ...

New Delhi: 60 years ago, space exploration marked a historic milestone when first photograph of a human in space was taken during Alexei Leonov's historic spacewalk on March 18, 1965, as part of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Leonov, the legendary ...

Russian astronaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov becomes the first man to walk in space, on March 18, 1965. On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched from its base in Baikonur, in modern ...