Statue of Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov (1934) at Cosmonauts Alley in Moscow, Russia

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Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, West Siberian Krai, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major general. On 18 March 1965, he became the first human to conduct extravehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk.

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Size: 4368px × 2912px
Location: Cosmonauts Alley, Monument to the Conquerors, Prospekt Mira 111, Moscow, Russia, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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