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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (30 May 1934 – 11 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.

Detailed explanation-2: -As a space walker, White had been preceded by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov, who on March 18, 1965, was the first man ever to walk in space.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 18 March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk, when he ventured from his Voskhod spacecraft. The sortie was not without problems: Leonov’s spacesuit expanded in the vacuum of space so much that he was unable to squeeze back into the spacecraft.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reference Article: Brief biography of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov. Alexei Leonov was one of the first 20 Soviet Air Force pilots to train as cosmonauts in 1960. In 1965, he became the first person to exit a spacecraft and walk in space - an experience that nearly ended in tragedy.