Aleksey Arkhipovich Leonov
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Aleksey Arkhipovich Leonov; Lietnenant Colonel, Red Air Force; born May 20, 1934, Listvayanka, Altay Kray; married, two children. Graduated from Chuguyev Air Force School, the Zhukovskiy Air Force Engineering Academy, and became a cosmonaut in 1960. He was the co-pilot of Voskhod 2 (first man to perform extravehicular activity in space), and was command pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Cosmonaut A. A. Leonov before flight of Voskhod
Alexei Leonov first human space walk March 18th 1965 (Colour)
Voskhod 1 and 2 preflight and flight footage including Leonov spacewalk
