Martin Antonenko
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The first "spacewalk"...
Again, the Soviets are ahead in space! The first person to take a space “walk” is a Russian: Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Arkhipovich Leonov....:
On March 18, 1965, Leonov climbed out of his capsule of the spaceship "Woshod 2" and, held by a safety cable, floated in space for about 20 minutes...
…while the commander, Colonel Pavel Belyayev maneuvers the capsule…:
The US-Americans did not succeed in their “spacewalk” until June 3, 1965 (Edward H. White).
The two cosmonauts are given a triumphant welcome in Moscow, and Leonow was awarded with the golden star and the title "Hero of the Soviet Union"...
(When I saw the picture above for the first time, I spontaneously thought: "That's Yuri Gagarin!"
But no, that's Belyayev - he just looked a lot like Gagarin...)
On the 50th anniversary of the first "space walk" Leonov is honored with a commemorative coin...:
Two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Lenonov...
... he received the first of these awards as a fighter pilot during the Great Patriotic War...
... died on October 11, 2019 in Moscow...:
Gruß
Again, the Soviets are ahead in space! The first person to take a space “walk” is a Russian: Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Arkhipovich Leonov....:
On March 18, 1965, Leonov climbed out of his capsule of the spaceship "Woshod 2" and, held by a safety cable, floated in space for about 20 minutes...
…while the commander, Colonel Pavel Belyayev maneuvers the capsule…:
The US-Americans did not succeed in their “spacewalk” until June 3, 1965 (Edward H. White).
The two cosmonauts are given a triumphant welcome in Moscow, and Leonow was awarded with the golden star and the title "Hero of the Soviet Union"...
(When I saw the picture above for the first time, I spontaneously thought: "That's Yuri Gagarin!"
But no, that's Belyayev - he just looked a lot like Gagarin...)
On the 50th anniversary of the first "space walk" Leonov is honored with a commemorative coin...:
Two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Lenonov...
... he received the first of these awards as a fighter pilot during the Great Patriotic War...
... died on October 11, 2019 in Moscow...:
Gruß
