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Friday, March 18, 2016

History of Space Travel -- first Space Walk lasted 20 minutes on this date 51 years ago

from NY TIMES list-serv:


ON THIS DAY



On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.

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