Modern spacesuits have a compatibility problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it
Making spacesuits compatible with different spacecraft could protect astronauts during an emergency evacuation.
On This Day In 1965: Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Became First Human To Walk In Space; Know The Tragedy He Encountered
Not many know that the first spacewalk by Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov could have ended in tragedy owing to ...
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The first space walk
On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and ... colour for maximum propaganda effect), his suit ballooned when no longer constrained ...
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OTD In Space – March 5: Soviet Space Probe Lands On Venus
On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus! Venera 14 launched just five days after its identical twin, Venera 13. Both space probes spent four months traveling to Venus ...