Mar. 19, 1965: Alexei Leonov became the first man to conduct an extra vehicular activity. He went outside with a specific space suit built to keep pressure into the void of space. The normal suit seen on cosmonauts before that moment were flight suit. In case of a depressurization the cosmonaut would not survive. The Berkut (Russian Беркут, meaning “golden eagle”) is a space suit model developed to be used for extravehicular activity for the Voskhod 2 mission aboard a Voskhod spacecraft on the f

Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first human to perform a spacewalk on this day in 1965. Happy Anniversary, Alexei! This rare footage from Roscosmos was broadcast on Russian television. | Star Letters