Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu pays last respects to Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov during a farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia. The two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, Leonov was the first man to conduct a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, as part of the Voskhod 2 mission. In July 1975, Leonov participated in the first joint US-Soviet Union space mission.
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 15.10.2019
- Date published: 15.10.2019
- Author: Ilya Pitalev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2923x2063px, 3.4Mb
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