If this photo from 200-plus miles above Earth dizzies you, imagine how it felt to be Alexei Leonov on March 18, 1965. The Soviet cosmonaut achieved the first-ever extravehicular activity (EVA—but you and I just call it a spacewalk). He spent about 12 minutes outside the orbiting Voskhod 2 capsule. It was the ultimate risk: No one knew just what could happen to a human body in the vacuum of space. Near heatstroke, drenched with sweat, and with his suit dangerously inflating, Leonov barely made it back inside the airlock.
A stroll above the stratosphere
Today in History
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Are you older than this lake?
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Happy New Year!
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It s World Bee Day
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It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
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A cozy winter village
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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Tibetan New Year
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World Population Day
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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A legend and a legendary home
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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Old Town Quito
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Fibonacci Day
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Napping away New Year s Day
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Cherry blossoms spring to life
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Darwin Day
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Get on your bike and ride
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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International Cheetah Day
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Fashion models of the avian world
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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