| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
voskhod1965 |
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| Date : |
03/18/1965
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Title
The First Human in Space
Full Description
These three stills are from the external movie camera on the
Soviet Voskhod 2, which recorded Aleksey Leonov's historic
spacewalk on March 18, 1965. Leonov's EVA made him the first
human to ever walk in space, giving the Soviet Union yet another
space first.
Keywords
Voskhod 2 EVA Aleksey Leonov
Subject Category
EVAs-Spacewalk, Soviet People-Cosmonauts
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
voskhod1965
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000176
Source Information
- Original Source: DIGITAL
- Source/Capture Information: Asif Siddiqi
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
27 |
72 |
4 |
Small |
JPEG |
191 |
512 |
74 |
Medium |
JPEG |
447 |
1200 |
382 |
Large |
JPEG |
895 |
2400 |
1,636 |
Publication Information
Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-
1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi.
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not
an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
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Updated October 31, 2002
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