Leonov
Americannoun
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Alexei Arkhipovich 1934–2019, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
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Leonid Maksimovich 1899–1994, Russian writer.
noun
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“This cooperation in space has been going in genuine success ever since Gen. Tom Stafford and Gen. Alexei Leonov came across that threshold docked in space in 1975,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2024
His Russian counterpart, Alexei Leonov, responded in English: “Well done, Tom, it was a good show. I vote for you.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024
One of his superiors, Nikolai Leonov, considered him a "mediocre agent".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024
It’s 1969, and a rapt world is watching the first man land on the moon — Alexei Leonov, a Soviet cosmonaut.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
March 18, 1965: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person in the world to make a spacewalk.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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