\<COLOUR 1> DATE OF BIRTH: \<COLOUR 0> May 20, 1934
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> FIRST FLIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> March 18, 1965; in Voshkod 2
\<COLOUR 1> ACHIEVEMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Leonov made the first ever spacewalk, spending some 10 minutes outside his spacecraft at the end of a 5-metre long tether; he also took part in the joint US/Soviet ASTP mission (Soyuz 19) in July 1975.