Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on this day in 1937, a massive gas explosion devastated the New London ...

On 18 March 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission, Alexei Leonov exited his spacecraft (tethered by a long cord) to experience floating in space, thus making the history books for the first ever ...

Christopher Nolan and Sir David Attenborough recently received the prestigious Hawking Medal for Science Communication.

March 18 has seen its fair share of significant events that have shaped the world in numerous ways.One of the most noteworthy events in history on March ...

This week we’re looking at the history of space travel, including the 60th anniversary of the first ever space-walk by Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

Today marks the anniversary of the historic and iconic first spacewalk. On March 18, 1965, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov walked in a spacewalk with its own risks. He achieved the ...

cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to spacewalk. He spent around 10 minutes floating above the Earth, tethered to the spaceship by a 5m “umbilical cord”. Recalling that moment ...

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

The Hawking Medal has been previously awarded to a remarkable array of individuals from various fields, including Jane Goodall , Hans Zi ...

Kubrick utilized the actual breathing sounds of Alexei Leonov, the first human to perform a spacewalk. This meticulous detail lent a sense of realism and connection to the space age, demonstrating ...