Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1965 to 1975.
2Flights
7dTime in space
12mEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲej ɐˈrxʲipəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈonəf]; born 30 May 1934) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major general, writer and artist. 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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Listvyanka
- Education
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy; Kremenchuk flight college of National Aviation University
- Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class; honorary citizen of Kaliningrad Oblast; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class; Order of Friendship; Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class; and 38 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 19July 15, 1975
- Voskhod | Voskhod 2March 18, 1965
Born 1934-05-30 · died 2019-10-11, aged 85