Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, 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.
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Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov 30 May 1934 Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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Died |
11 October 2019 (aged 85) Moscow, Russia
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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