KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Alexie Leonov, USSR
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Victor Green, USA
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Neil Armstrong, USA
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Buzz Aldrin, USA
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the … Soviet Union’s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon.
Detailed explanation-2: -Voskhod 2, launched on March 18, 1965, with commander Pavel Belyayev and pilot Aleksey Leonov, continued the early pattern of Soviet space firsts. On the day of the launch, Leonov exited the Voskhod spacecraft through an airlock and performed the first space walk, maneuvering in space for 10 minutes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first man to walk in space, co-commanded the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Flight. Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov is a former Soviet cosmonaut who is also an accomplished artist. In 1965, he became the first person to step out of a spacecraft and walk in space.