Twelve Minutes Outside the Spaceship: The First Spacewalk
On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes outside his Voskhod 2 capsule — the first spacewalk in history.
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Lone Eagle Lands in Paris: Lindbergh's Solo Atlantic Crossing
On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget, Paris, completing the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic.