On March 18, 1965, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov successfully completed the first recorded spacewalk by a human being, a feat that lasted 12 minutes, aboard the Voskhod 2 (Восход-2). Leonov's spacewalk, however, was not without issues. His suit ballooned to the point that he could not fit in the airlock, forcing him to release some of the pressure. Soviet broadcast reportedly stopped when they already realized that the mission was experiencing difficulty. The spacecraft landed around 386 kilometers fr

On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space, spending 12 minutes outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. Watch this historic footage of a daring mission that proved the USSR’s dominance in space exploration! | USSR Pictures