March 18
Posted in White History on Mar 18th, 2011
1965 The Russian Voskhod 2 spacecraft was launched, carrying cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov and Pavel Belyayev aboard. On the second orbit Leonov left the spacecraft through the air lock while still tethered to the vessel, becoming the first man to climb out of a spacecraft in space. 1906 Romanian inventor Traian Vuia flew the first self-propelled [...]