The First Spacewalk On 18 March 1965, Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov became the first human to conduct extra-vehicular activity (EVA), exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Leonov http://space.io9.com/50-years-ago-the-first-spacewalk-nearly-ended-in-trage-1692303108
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