Voskhod 2

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Voskhod 2 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight mission in 1965 that carried cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who performed the first-ever spacewalk in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet space mission
crewed spaceflight mission
category 1965 in spaceflight
commander Pavel Belyayev NERFINISHED
cosmonaut Alexei Leonov NERFINISHED
cosmonautFirst Alexei Leonov became first human spacewalker NERFINISHED
crewCallsign Almaz (Diamond) NERFINISHED
crewMember Alexei Leonov NERFINISHED
Pavel Belyayev NERFINISHED
crewNationality Soviet
crewSize 2
era Space Race NERFINISHED
EVAChallenge difficulty re-entering airlock due to suit overinflation
EVAClaimToFame first-ever spacewalk in history
EVADate 1965-03-18
EVADuration approximately 12 minutes
EVAPerformedBy Alexei Leonov NERFINISHED
EVAType extravehicular activity
firsts first human to leave a spacecraft in space
followedBy Soyuz 1 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first mission to conduct a human spacewalk
landingComplication off-target landing in remote area
landingCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
landingMode parachute landing
launchCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
launchDate 1965-03-18
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Voskhod rocket NERFINISHED
missionDuration about 1 day
missionLanguage Russian
missionObjective demonstrate human extravehicular activity
missionOutcome partially successful
notableEvent first human spacewalk
operator Soviet Union NERFINISHED
orbitType low Earth orbit
precededBy Voskhod 1 NERFINISHED
program Voskhod program
reentry ballistic reentry
relatedEvent early development of EVA procedures
spaceAgency Soviet space program NERFINISHED
spacecraftManufacturer OKB-1 NERFINISHED
spacecraftModule descent module
orbital module
spacecraftType Voskhod spacecraft NERFINISHED
spaceSuitUsed Berkut spacesuit NERFINISHED
spacewalkTechnology inflatable airlock
yearOfMission 1965

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Semyorka launched Voskhod 2
Soyuz 1 precededBy Voskhod 2