On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first human to walk in space, spending 12 minutes outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. Watch this historic footage of a daring mission that proved the USSR’s dominance in space exploration! | USSR Pictures

Alexei Leonov was the first human to walk in space, and his suit nearly killed him. It swelled so much he could barely get back inside, and the world only learned how close it came to disaster years later. Follow @spaceeves #SpaceHistory #Cosmonautics #SpaceExploration #SpaceEve | SpaceEve