On This Day in 1965 — Russia Beat U.S. To Space, But Were Greeted With Oxygen Crisis & Siberian Wilderness

At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet bloc scored a massive victory in the “space race” when its cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to walk in space. The historic milestone was achieved on March 18, 1965, when Leonov exited his spacecraft through an inflatable airlock and floated in orbit while being […] The post On This Day in 1965 — Russia Beat U.S. To Space, But Were Greeted With Oxygen Crisis & Siberian Wilderness appeared first on EURASIAN TIMES.