Tag: Alexei Leonov
Cosmonaut who performed first spacewalk dies aged 85
Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space 54 years ago, has died in Moscow aged 85. Russian space agency Roscosmos confirmed his death in a statement on its website, but gave no further details. Alexei Leonov carried out his first space walk in 1965 (Mikhail Klimentyev/AP) Mr Leonov performed his spacewalk on March…