On March 18, 1965, the Soviet spacecraft Voshkod-2 launched with two cosmonauts on board, Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev. They had the important mission of accomplishing mankind’s first spacewalk ...
In June 1965, astronauts Jim McDivitt and Ed White launched aboard Gemini 4 for a four day mission that marked America’s first spacewalk. Floating above Earth with a small handheld maneuvering device, ...