Alexey Leonov

Alexey Leonov

• Order of Lenin (2)
• Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class
• Order of Friendship
• Order of the Red Star

Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Russian: Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов; ; born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on 18 March 1965, became the first human to conduct an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), also known as a space walk.