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** Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
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** 08: 28: 13 UTC: The Voskhod 2 airlock is depressurized by Leonov.
** 08: 32: 54 UTC: Leonov opens the Voskhod 2 airlock hatch.
** 08: 48: 40 UTC: Hatch on the airlock is closed and secured by Leonov.
** 08: 51: 54 UTC: Leonov begins to repressurize the airlock.
** and leaving
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