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Space Habitats & Life Support · Recorded milestone

Spacewalk

Recorded year1965

Alexei Leonov leaves his capsule for twelve minutes in open space.

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Moon landingRecorded · 1969enables
International Space StationRecorded · 1998enables
First private spacewalkRecorded · 2024enables
Clothing-thin spacesuitsForecast · ~2060enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.