The First Man to Walk in Space Almost Got Stuck Out There

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That lucky individual was Alexei Leonov, who was born in the Soviet Union on May 30, 1934. He was one of the twenty Soviet Air Force Pilots to be chosen for the first cosmonaut group. Originally, his historic walk was supposed to have happened on the Vostok 11 mission, but as that was cancelled; it was later performed on the Voskhod 2 mission instead. After eighteen long months of training for the event, Leonov was ready to become the first person to walk in space.

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Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Leonov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voskhod_2
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/voskhod.html
http://www.astronautcentral.com/LEONOV/AlexeiLeonov.html
http://www.astronautix.com/flights/voskhod2.htm

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