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Spacewalk

According the online information,

any time an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space, it is called a spacewalk.

The first person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov. He was from Russia. The first spacewalk was on March 18, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

The first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White. His spacewalk was on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission. White's spacewalk lasted 23 minutes.

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Uploaded on July 18, 2021