The first spacewalk was a dangerous 12-minute squeeze

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The first spacewalk was a dangerous 12-minute squeeze

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performed the first spacewalk in 1965, enduring a perilous 12 minutes outside Voskhod 2 as his suit ballooned, nearly trapping him.

In 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history with the first spacewalk, venturing outside Voskhod 2 for about 12 minutes. This daring feat during the Cold War Space Race proved humans could survive in space's vacuum, following Yuri Gagarin's orbit in 1961.

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