Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. The Russian space agency Roscosmos said it was ...

Astronauts replaced more oversized batteries outside the International Space Station on Friday, as news broke of the death of the world's first spacewalker. NASA interrupted live TV coverage of its ...

Until now, there have been a total of 277 spacewalks at the International Space Station, out of which the longest was by ...

Hundreds of people including Russian and US astronauts and top officials bid farewell Tuesday to Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk. Fellow ...

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Ed White performs the United States' first spacewalk on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission. (James McDivitt / AP) The world’s first spacewalker was ...

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet-era cosmonaut who was the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. Alexei Leonov was known as Cosmonaut No 11 P Pulse ...