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Order Image Country Name Spacewalks # walks 1: USSR : Alexei Leonov 1934–2019: 1965: Voskhod 2 1 2: U.S. Ed White 1930–1967: 1965: Gemini 4 1 3: U.S. Eugene Cernan 1934–2017: 1966: Gemini 9A
The initial spacewalk to begin the assembly of the International Space Station was held on 7 December 1998, [4] following the launch of the first section of the station, Zarya, from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 20 November 1998. [5] The spacewalk attached the U.S.-built Unity node to Zarya. [4]
Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈɔːldrɪn /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil ...
To date, 263 individuals representing a dozen countries have performed spacewalks, according to NASA statistics, led by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov in 1965 with NASA’s Ed White close behind.
This list contains all spacewalks and moonwalks performed from 1965 to 1999 where an astronaut has fully or partially left a spacecraft. Entries for moonwalks are shown with a gray background while entries for all other EVAs are uncolored. All spacewalks have had the astronauts tethered to their spacecraft except for seven spacewalks by the ...
Launched to space on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission reached an altitude of 1,400.7 km or 870.35 miles, the furthest distance reached by humans in 52 years. Since the last NASA ...
7: Anatoly Solovyev, during Expedition 24 on the Soviet/Russian space station Mir, in 1997–98. (Two were internal "spacewalks" inside a depressurized module.) 7: Andrew Morgan, during his first spaceflight on board the ISS for Expedition 60 / 61 / 62 in 2019–2020, he spent 45 hours and 48 minutes outside the station.
The spacewalkers will replace the camera between spacewalks and will head back out to replace the final three batteries on the next spacewalk. [42] 415 20 January 11:35 6 hours, 58 minutes 18:33 Expedition 61. ISS Quest. Christina Koch. Jessica Meir. The fifth and final in a series of five spacewalks to replace the batteries on the P6 Truss.