The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...

The lunar lander from ispace will be attempting to land near the center of Mare Frigoris ... probably a sketch of the sunrise ...

Alexei Leonov was a pioneer in ... including some of the moon. The first picture ever drawn in space was created by Leonov after watching the Sun rise over Earth’s horizon on Voskhod 2.

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person ... s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 was not without its difficulties.

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who in 1965 became the first person in history to spacewalk, has died aged 85. Tethered to his spaceship by a 4.8m (16ft) cable, the Russian floated above the Earth ...

Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, who became the first human to ... Buzz Aldrin alongside Neil Armstrong were the first humans to step on the moon on July 20, 1969. "The Cosmonaut ambassador ...

ASHGABAT, October 11. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a warm relationship with cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and admired his courage, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in reply ...