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Alexei Leonov

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Astronaut

The Resume

    (May 30, 1934-October 11, 2019)
    Born in Listvyanka, Russian Federation
    One of 20 pilots selected for the Soviet Union's first cosmonaut group (1960)
    Made the first space walk during the Voshkod 2 mission (March 18, 1965)
    Commanded Soyuz 19 which docked in space with Apollo 18 (1975)
    Soviet Air Force Major General
    Two-time Hero of the Soviet Union (1965,1975)
    With David Scott wrote 'Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race' (2006)

Why he might be annoying:

    His spacesuit proved more rigid than expected, preventing him from taking photos during his spacewalk as planned.
    Due to computer error, Voshkod 2 ended up landing 600 miles off target, forcing him to spend a couple of cold Siberian nights in the capsule with wolves outside.
    He was selected to be captain for the Soviet Union's canceled moon landing.

Why he might not be annoying:

    During the spacewalk, his spacesuit expanded in the vacuum to the point that he could not re-enter the airlock; he had to open a valve to bleed off some of the air from the suit before he could get back inside the capsule.
    When a car they were riding in plunged into a lake, he pulled his wife and the driver to safety.
    He is a self-taught artist and took colored pencils with him into space during the Apollo-Soyuz mission and sketched his fellow astronauts.
    Arthur C. Clarke dedicated '2010' to him and Andrei Sakharov.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying