Humanity's First EVA
#OTD 18 March 1965 cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (1934-2019) performed humanity's first space walk – EVA – from the Voskhod 1 spacecraft which lasted for just over 12 minutes. ???????! pic.twitter.com/B5VH4k4AgI
— ExplorersClub (@ExplorersClub) March 18, 2020
From what I understand it almost ended in disaster because he had to let pressure out of his suit to be able to get back in the Voskhod.
Glad it had a happy ending.
They were so out on the edge. That took an enormous amount of courage. Молодец, indeed!