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radio announcer: Today, on March 18, 1965, at 11:30 Moscow time, during the flight of the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, something incredible happened. For the first time in human history, a man walked out into space! After twice circling the Earth, pilot and cosmonaut Lieutenant Alexey Leonov went out into space in a special space-suit and an autonomous life-sustaining system.
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Leonid Brezhnev: [over radio] How are you, son?
Alexey Leonov: [from space] I report: My mind is clear. Sight is not disturbed. Sense of direction is not disturbed. Man is able to function in space. Man can work in space!
Yuriy Itskov
Extended Reading
