Alexei Leonov, the first human to conduct a space walk, has died at age 85.
Alexei Leonov holds his drawing of Apollo mission Commander Thomas P. Stafford, during the mission in July 1975.Reuters
Though less well known internationally than Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, Leonov was a household name in his native Russia and will be remembered in particular for his role in the 1965 Voskhod-2 mission.The outing was stressful for Leonov whose space suit filled with air to the point where he struggled to get back into his spacecraft.
Leonov trained as a military pilot before becoming a cosmonaut. He received a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' medal - one of the Russian state's most prestigious awards - twice and has a small crater on the Moon named after him.
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