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. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 ...

"Legendary cosmonaut" Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, the first person to walk in space ... It said he was "one of the first cosmonauts of the world space era" who was "committed to his Motherland ...