Space Rocket History #55 - First Space Walk - Voskhod 2 with Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev - Part 1

Voskhod 2 was a high risk mission.  It was the final space race victory for the Soviet Union before NASA claimed the lead and ultimately won with the lunar landing of 1969. Voskhod 2 was the peak of the Soviet Space Program.  It nearly killed its two cosmonauts but it was ultimately a success…

Voskhod with Airlock

Airlock and Spacesuit

Alexei Leonov

Pavel Belyayev

Spacesuit

Mission Patch