55 years of the first spacewalk

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov 55 years ago was the first person to make a spacewalk, 2.5 months ahead of the American Edward White. The Voskhod-2 spacecraft with cosmonauts Pavel Belyaev and Leonov was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 18, 1965 by the Voskhod launch vehicle. 1.5 hours after the launch, Leonov in a spacesuit stepped into the abyss for the first time. He spent more than 12 minutes outside the ship and sailed more than 5 meters from it