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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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Infinity Day
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Panda Day
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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Westerheversand Lighthouse
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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World Art Day
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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The stylish Spanish shawl
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Where do those colors come from?
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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National Fossil Day
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