Wow you could really see that spacesuit inflating, especially the gloves. It's a wonder that he was able to get back into that tube and then back into the spacecraft. Great footage and assembly. Thank you.
Both Leonov and Belyayev wore a white dial manual wind "Strela" (Arrow) chronograph, made by 1st Moscow Watch Factory, underneath their Berkut space suit
It almost looks symbolic in a way, as when Leonov drifts weightless outside the spacecraft, his tether the only thing connecting him to his source of life support, he resembles a fetus in the womb. It’s no wonder this experience affected him so greatly; not just because of how close he came to death and that fact that it was the first time this was attempted, but because in a way, it was almost like a rebirth. The ordeal was great, and yet he returned safely, a changed person. And it was this ‘rebirth’ of Alexei Leonov that without, we as a people would not be where we are now. May his memory be a blessing, and his accomplishments and contributions to science commended forever.
Yes, for the tether I guess form follows function ;) And he was the first to really see Earth as a planet, against the backdrop of space. Now we all have that notion, but at the time it was something new.
@@RetroSpaceHDOh yes. I will always remember the tremendous hype made by a picture of the Earth rising above the moon horizon, taken by the Apollo 8 crew. Those were magnificent times indeed. Nowadays no one gives a damn.
Great work thanks for stitching these scenes together I never knew existed, I met Alexey Leonov at the Museum of Victoria Cosmos Soviet Space Exhibition, in 1984, when I was 16 which I wagged school to visit. He was so surprised that a school kid in Australia knew so much about the then secret soviet space program and that I recognised him, I guess a few people in Australia would, particularly a kid! Alexey confirmed to me that the soviets attempted to go to the moon and were also developing two types of space shuttle, he even showed me some of the hardware involved that weren’t clearly marked as to what other uses the hardware performed. I told him that I had vividly remembered him in the joint Apollo Soyuz test watching him on TV, I was 7 at the time, and that it was a true honour to meet him, so think that he was somewhat surprised that a 16 year old kid not only recognised him but knew of his accomplishments, I guess I made him proud and yet I noticed at the time that he kept looking over his shoulder looking at security men that were watching us, but out of ear shot. When he asked how I knew so much I told him that, I’ve been following the space program since I was 5 years old, recalling the American moon landings, cut and paste every article about space flight which I still have in a scrap book, I also read Red Star in Orbit: Inside Story of the Soviet Space Program, Oberg, James E.; Foreword By Tom Wolfe, a great book that demonstrated that the West knew virtually everything the soviets were up to, prior to and confirmed after the dissolution of the soviet area. I also told him that I was a space artist, like him and drew drawings of what the Soviet space shuttle could look like, based on the Australian RAAF reconnaissance photos of a “Soviet Satellite” June 3, 1982, "Cosmos-1374 recovering a lifting body "BOR-4". He laughed when I told him that the Australian media, showed images on the front page of a newspaper and that not any media source reported it as a mini shuttle, just a “satellite” recovered close to Australian waters. This “satellite” looked so much like the current American dream chaser, was to be launched on a proton rocket, I was also surprised when he confirmed that they were also developing a far larger “shuttle” like the American shuttle but would be far superior, which they did in 1988. Of course, a lot of this would not be confirmed or revealed till after the dissolution of the soviet state, just really appreciated his honesty, I guess he thought who would believe stories from a school kid. I was so surprised by his gentleness, his time giving me an experience I would also remember, his truthfulness and his great sense of humour, for me at the time this was the high light of my life somewhat akin to say meeting Neil Armstrong! Alexey Leonov truly a great man of science, cosmonaut, and artist. RIP. PS my Grandmother and mother also were proud to see Yuri Gagarin the first man in space and Valentina Tereshkova the first women in space in a parade in Poland must have been around 1963-1964.
Man, you are very lucky to have met Mr. Leonov I person, and share a talk with him about the Buran program amongst others. I feel very happy for you, and for your grandmother too. Cheers! Ps. Thank you for the book recommendation! Very appreciated
This morning I'm watching Alexei Leonov perform the very first spacewalk nearly 56 years ago. Also this morning, NASA's Kate Rubins and Victor Glover are performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.... ... thank you General Leonov for leading the way. You and you fellow Russian and American early space pioneers will never be forgotten!
He spent most of an hour just trying to get back through the hatch. Leonov reported that his fingers were no longer in the gloves properly, and that his feet were not quite into his boots. He could hardly bend an arm to do anything. Every movement took huge effort, because of the suit inflating like a balloon. (You can see the gloves expanding during that close-up at the start of the video, and you can see his glove bend backwards for an instant, because his hands were almost out of the gloves.) He reduced the suit air pressure, but could still not get through the hatch. He reduced air pressure again, and said that he had pins and needles in the hands, arms, feet and legs because of the pressure reduction; incipient 'bends'. His unit was wet through with perspiration, and they were into darkness before he managed to push first the umbilical, and then his inflated spacesuit, little at a time, through the hatch and back into the Voshkod (Sunrise) capsule. He said nothing over the open radio link, because of fear of causing an incident. Should he have been unable to return to the capsule, both cosmonauts would have died. Alexei Leonov said that he lost about 6 kg (almost 14 pounds) in perspiration during that experience. Pravda (Truth) reported the 'spacewalk' as a great success for the Soviet space effort.
Thanks, Milen. Officially, yes; it was reported as being about 12 minutes, which was the intended duration of the EVA. It was also a huge propaganda win for the USSR, because problems were not reported; 'Everything went flawlessly'. But in reality it was more like 59 minutes, according to his own comments, years later. Most of his ordeal was spent in trying to reduce the pressure inside his suit enough for it to be forced back through the hatch. Later vessels had a hatch which was several cm wider in diameter, and the spacesuits were improved significantly to try to stop them from inflating like a balloon. These faults could only be discovered by doing what he did. Also, in the footage shown here, it's clear that for most of the time he was away from the craft, he was flailing around fairly helplessly, because he could not grip the tether properly in order to pull himself towards safety. He had to rely mostly on the recoil of the extended line to project himself closer to the hatch. A very brave man, knowing that he could have died, but still keeping silent about his problems, because the eyes of the people of the Soviet Union, and later the rest of the world, were upon him. He's no longer with us, but he will be remembered fondly for his remarkable achievements, and for his hospitality, modesty and kindness throughout the years after that historic occasion.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm from Russia. In 1972, Alexey Leonov came to our military camp near the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome. And the whole school came to meet him. My brother took some pictures of this event. In those years, American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts were the most famous and respected people on Earth, I think. And 20 years later, I sent one of the photos to Star City, asking Leonov to leave an autograph for me as a souvenir, which he did to my joy. Eternal memory to him.
More than 50 years ago, a man left his spaceship and, wearing only a specialized spacesuit, showed that humans could perform extravehicular activities. Now, astronauts and cosmonauts alike participate in extravehicular activities to repair and maintain spacecraft, including massive space stations like the ISS.
Космонавт и Художник.Гордость от поступков твоих вызывала слёзы.Сын земли ставший первым живым спутником нашей планеты и он наш! Алексей Архипович Леонов, пока будет живо человечество тебя будут помнить!
Gorgeous! The music is perfect in a way, even though the reality of the situation wasn't quite so tranquil 😬. Glad he made it back in though and made history!
You can really see he's struggling with that over inflated suit in real time like this. You just know he's in full pucker factor realising the brainlets below didn't measure the hatch properly to the fully expanded suit.
The Strela "Arrow" chronograph wristwatch was worn underneath the Berkut spacesuit as we only see these white cream dial watches on cosmonauts' wrists during recovery TV footage...
Amazing. Even knowing the outcome I still felt anxiety about him first letting go of the craft, so dang brave 😂 Is he the one that actually had trouble getting back inside as his suit had begun to inflate from the pressure difference?
inflation would have occurred immediately on depressurisation and was known and accounted for. reentering the airlock was more difficult than expected due to the suit stiffness. So provision was main to reduce the suit pressure from 38 to 27 kPa (still higher pressure than the gemini suit incidentally) which improved suit flexibility
I'm American, but I'd like to think that even with the Cold War/Space Race mindset from that time, it is possible for anyone to watch this (along with Ed White's) and feel awe and reverence for the risks and danger that came with these first EVA missions. As a kid, I also used to be scared silly when I saw still photos of Leonov's walk since some of them resemble an old Sci-Fi movie from the 1950s like The Day The Earth Stood Still. Rest in Peace to Alexi Leonov, Ed White, and all the early spacewalk pioneers (though Buzz Aldrin is still around.)
@@RetroSpaceHD At the beginning of the clip - and at its end as well - there are short views from at least one of the airlock cameras. I did not know they had two cameras in the airlock - which in fact would make four cameras.
This concept is starting to creep me tf out and honestly can't see how it's real, a movie like Night of the Living Dead(made 3 years later) couldn't have enough technology to be a colored movie but we could take man to space ?? This is not real. We've been lied to our whole lives
I've always thought it was kind of cool that I was born at 8:48 GMT 3/18/65, just as Leonov was getting back into the airlock.
May the Space be generous to your soul, colonel.
RIP Cosmonaut Leonov. Your contribution to space history and science will never be forgotten.
Yes it will beacuse it’s FAKE
@@BadTwin42 what?
@@BadTwin42 Need more tin foil?
@@Dalekssupreme to be around ur dumbass yes
@@BadTwin42i need to know what drugs you take
Wow you could really see that spacesuit inflating, especially the gloves. It's a wonder that he was able to get back into that tube and then back into the spacecraft. Great footage and assembly. Thank you.
I was reading on Wikipedia that he had to partially depressurize the suit to get back inside.
@@diegobf109 its stop motion, its not real
Both Leonov and Belyayev wore a white dial manual wind "Strela" (Arrow) chronograph, made by 1st Moscow Watch Factory, underneath their Berkut space suit
Yeah, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I can't imagine being in such a perilous situation.
Did you watch a movie "Vremya pervykh" (2017)? This film is about Voskhod 2 space mission, not documentary but mostly truthful.
It almost looks symbolic in a way, as when Leonov drifts weightless outside the spacecraft, his tether the only thing connecting him to his source of life support, he resembles a fetus in the womb.
It’s no wonder this experience affected him so greatly; not just because of how close he came to death and that fact that it was the first time this was attempted, but because in a way, it was almost like a rebirth. The ordeal was great, and yet he returned safely, a changed person.
And it was this ‘rebirth’ of Alexei Leonov that without, we as a people would not be where we are now. May his memory be a blessing, and his accomplishments and contributions to science commended forever.
Yes, for the tether I guess form follows function ;) And he was the first to really see Earth as a planet, against the backdrop of space. Now we all have that notion, but at the time it was something new.
I've always thought it was kind of cool that I was born at 8:48 GMT 3/18/65, just as Leonov was getting back into the airlock.
@@scottledford4297wow
@@RetroSpaceHDOh yes. I will always remember the tremendous hype made by a picture of the Earth rising above the moon horizon, taken by the Apollo 8 crew.
Those were magnificent times indeed. Nowadays no one gives a damn.
Great work thanks for stitching these scenes together I never knew existed, I met Alexey Leonov at the Museum of Victoria Cosmos Soviet Space Exhibition, in 1984, when I was 16 which I wagged school to visit. He was so surprised that a school kid in Australia knew so much about the then secret soviet space program and that I recognised him, I guess a few people in Australia would, particularly a kid! Alexey confirmed to me that the soviets attempted to go to the moon and were also developing two types of space shuttle, he even showed me some of the hardware involved that weren’t clearly marked as to what other uses the hardware performed. I told him that I had vividly remembered him in the joint Apollo Soyuz test watching him on TV, I was 7 at the time, and that it was a true honour to meet him, so think that he was somewhat surprised that a 16 year old kid not only recognised him but knew of his accomplishments, I guess I made him proud and yet I noticed at the time that he kept looking over his shoulder looking at security men that were watching us, but out of ear shot. When he asked how I knew so much I told him that, I’ve been following the space program since I was 5 years old, recalling the American moon landings, cut and paste every article about space flight which I still have in a scrap book, I also read Red Star in Orbit: Inside Story of the Soviet Space Program, Oberg, James E.; Foreword By Tom Wolfe, a great book that demonstrated that the West knew virtually everything the soviets were up to, prior to and confirmed after the dissolution of the soviet area. I also told him that I was a space artist, like him and drew drawings of what the Soviet space shuttle could look like, based on the Australian RAAF reconnaissance photos of a “Soviet Satellite” June 3, 1982, "Cosmos-1374 recovering a lifting body "BOR-4". He laughed when I told him that the Australian media, showed images on the front page of a newspaper and that not any media source reported it as a mini shuttle, just a “satellite” recovered close to Australian waters. This “satellite” looked so much like the current American dream chaser, was to be launched on a proton rocket, I was also surprised when he confirmed that they were also developing a far larger “shuttle” like the American shuttle but would be far superior, which they did in 1988. Of course, a lot of this would not be confirmed or revealed till after the dissolution of the soviet state, just really appreciated his honesty, I guess he thought who would believe stories from a school kid. I was so surprised by his gentleness, his time giving me an experience I would also remember, his truthfulness and his great sense of humour, for me at the time this was the high light of my life somewhat akin to say meeting Neil Armstrong! Alexey Leonov truly a great man of science, cosmonaut, and artist. RIP.
PS my Grandmother and mother also were proud to see Yuri Gagarin the first man in space and Valentina Tereshkova the first women in space in a parade in Poland must have been around 1963-1964.
Man, you are very lucky to have met Mr. Leonov I person, and share a talk with him about the Buran program amongst others. I feel very happy for you, and for your grandmother too.
Cheers!
Ps. Thank you for the book recommendation! Very appreciated
This morning I'm watching Alexei Leonov perform the very first spacewalk nearly 56 years ago. Also this morning, NASA's Kate Rubins and Victor Glover are performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station....
... thank you General Leonov for leading the way. You and you fellow Russian and American early space pioneers will never be forgotten!
He spent most of an hour just trying to get back through the hatch. Leonov reported that his fingers were no longer in the gloves properly, and that his feet were not quite into his boots. He could hardly bend an arm to do anything. Every movement took huge effort, because of the suit inflating like a balloon. (You can see the gloves expanding during that close-up at the start of the video, and you can see his glove bend backwards for an instant, because his hands were almost out of the gloves.)
He reduced the suit air pressure, but could still not get through the hatch. He reduced air pressure again, and said that he had pins and needles in the hands, arms, feet and legs because of the pressure reduction; incipient 'bends'. His unit was wet through with perspiration, and they were into darkness before he managed to push first the umbilical, and then his inflated spacesuit, little at a time, through the hatch and back into the Voshkod (Sunrise) capsule. He said nothing over the open radio link, because of fear of causing an incident.
Should he have been unable to return to the capsule, both cosmonauts would have died. Alexei Leonov said that he lost about 6 kg (almost 14 pounds) in perspiration during that experience. Pravda (Truth) reported the 'spacewalk' as a great success for the Soviet space effort.
Officially his spacewalk was 12 minutes, 9 seconds.
Thanks, Milen.
Officially, yes; it was reported as being about 12 minutes, which was the intended duration of the EVA. It was also a huge propaganda win for the USSR, because problems were not reported; 'Everything went flawlessly'.
But in reality it was more like 59 minutes, according to his own comments, years later. Most of his ordeal was spent in trying to reduce the pressure inside his suit enough for it to be forced back through the hatch. Later vessels had a hatch which was several cm wider in diameter, and the spacesuits were improved significantly to try to stop them from inflating like a balloon.
These faults could only be discovered by doing what he did.
Also, in the footage shown here, it's clear that for most of the time he was away from the craft, he was flailing around fairly helplessly, because he could not grip the tether properly in order to pull himself towards safety. He had to rely mostly on the recoil of the extended line to project himself closer to the hatch.
A very brave man, knowing that he could have died, but still keeping silent about his problems, because the eyes of the people of the Soviet Union, and later the rest of the world, were upon him.
He's no longer with us, but he will be remembered fondly for his remarkable achievements, and for his hospitality, modesty and kindness throughout the years after that historic occasion.
Watching the full videos side by side AND the music drives home how dangerous this was...
I allways wanted to see a longer version of this footage. Thank you.
Have you seen the movie
First thing he does after turning on the color camera is wave.
People never change!
Actually, he was panicking because his suit had overinflated.
@@michaelclentworth1283 And there goes all of the wholesomeness of that moment.
Ed White saluted.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm from Russia. In 1972, Alexey Leonov came to our military camp near the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome. And the whole school came to meet him. My brother took some pictures of this event. In those years, American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts were the most famous and respected people on Earth, I think. And 20 years later, I sent one of the photos to Star City, asking Leonov to leave an autograph for me as a souvenir, which he did to my joy. Eternal memory to him.
Beautiful. I’ve wanted to see the full space walk for years now
More than 50 years ago, a man left his spaceship and, wearing only a specialized spacesuit, showed that humans could perform extravehicular activities.
Now, astronauts and cosmonauts alike participate in extravehicular activities to repair and maintain spacecraft, including massive space stations like the ISS.
Космонавт и Художник.Гордость от поступков твоих вызывала слёзы.Сын земли ставший первым живым спутником нашей планеты и он наш! Алексей Архипович Леонов, пока будет живо человечество тебя будут помнить!
Gorgeous! The music is perfect in a way, even though the reality of the situation wasn't quite so tranquil 😬. Glad he made it back in though and made history!
A true hero. Thank you for sharing.
Mankind is awesome!!! In our short existance we've accomplished more diverse acts of ingenuity than any other species before us!
Rest in Peace, Colonel Alexei Leonov.
GENERAL
This is really nicely done. The stablization and the correction of frame rate makes a huge difference.
Footage doesn't capture 90% of the bottom image. Huge balls of steel dropping towards Earth. INSANE! RIP. i love space
The longest version of this I’ve seen. Thanks a lot! 👍👍👌
Wowwww... I consider myself courageous but I know I NEVER would have had HIS Courage!!
You can really see he's struggling with that over inflated suit in real time like this. You just know he's in full pucker factor realising the brainlets below didn't measure the hatch properly to the fully expanded suit.
Amazing video. Thank you!
Thanks for the video!
Loved this - thank you
Thanks!
R.I.P. Cosmonaut Leonov. Your accomplishments are eternally remembered.
Grande Homem. Grande Coragem no spacewalk. Descanse em Paz.
His feeling at that time just like a first born baby!
Such an amazing exciting scene.
amazing footage, never seen it before !!!
Rest In Peace Leonov
The Strela "Arrow" chronograph wristwatch was worn underneath the Berkut spacesuit as we only see these white cream dial watches on cosmonauts' wrists during recovery TV footage...
Amazing. Even knowing the outcome I still felt anxiety about him first letting go of the craft, so dang brave 😂
Is he the one that actually had trouble getting back inside as his suit had begun to inflate from the pressure difference?
Yes and you can sort of see that on his gloves towards the end of the video.
inflation would have occurred immediately on depressurisation and was known and accounted for. reentering the airlock was more difficult than expected due to the suit stiffness. So provision was main to reduce the suit pressure from 38 to 27 kPa (still higher pressure than the gemini suit incidentally) which improved suit flexibility
Descanza en paz, héroe de la humanidad!
Porque es un héroe de toda la humanidad?
Golden-shièt-nuggets channel right here. Amazing footages.
Спасибо за видео
{{{RIP Alexeï}}}💖💖💖
I'm American, but I'd like to think that even with the Cold War/Space Race mindset from that time, it is possible for anyone to watch this (along with Ed White's) and feel awe and reverence for the risks and danger that came with these first EVA missions. As a kid, I also used to be scared silly when I saw still photos of Leonov's walk since some of them resemble an old Sci-Fi movie from the 1950s like The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Rest in Peace to Alexi Leonov, Ed White, and all the early spacewalk pioneers (though Buzz Aldrin is still around.)
RIP
URRAAAA bravooooo slava CCCP bravo Alexei Leonov y Pavel Beliyayev
A algunos terraplanistas no les gusta este video
Epic!
Soviets did some neat & impressive firsts......
But they never managed to eliminate Moose and Squirrel !
Moose and Squirrel too clever! 😠
Ha Ha! 😀
What's the centripetal force to apply for counter-balance the fall of those two massive balls?
Brave man remember nobody new what would to a human body out side of his spacecraft 🤔🤔👍👍
One one the very, very few Soviets I can gladly respect, together with Gagarin.
Спасибо за память.Плёнка, которую вывезли из СССР в начале 90х?
So amazing! Thank you! Spaceba!
Please tell me what artist and title this music is!!!
The music is from RUclips's library: "Land on the golden gate" - Chris Zabriskie
@@RetroSpaceHD thank you!
He’s called “Alexei Leonov” not “Alexey”
Please do not mislead people. His name is spelled correctly.💯
imagine the balls
Ésto debería tener la máxima difusión mundial posible...
I'm lost what's going on? Where is this walk taking place?
for the 60s, that's some quality stop-motion right there
@tj9959
And yes even after this video with coloured camera
People are weired. 👍
Voll abgefahren ! No radio communication ? Just a tight rope. I like really this video.
❤ ΑΛΕΞΕΙ ΛΕΟΝΩΦ
in fact, it was three cameras.
Yes: two in the airlock, one outside. And also the TV camera. On this video you have the TV camera + outside film camera views.
@@RetroSpaceHD At the beginning of the clip - and at its end as well - there are short views from at least one of the airlock cameras. I did not know they had two cameras in the airlock - which in fact would make four cameras.
Glory to Leonov. Glory to Cccp.
Héroe, él y Belayev.
Ed White was not so lucky. First American to perform a EVA, only to die shortly afterwards in the Apollo I fire.
This concept is starting to creep me tf out and honestly can't see how it's real, a movie like Night of the Living Dead(made 3 years later) couldn't have enough technology to be a colored movie but we could take man to space ?? This is not real. We've been lied to our whole lives
レオーノフ氏のご冥福をお祈りします
Os Sovieticos Ganharam a Corrida Espacial porque quem Faz Primeiro é que vence....
U.S.S.R
07
LOOKS, SO DAMN FAKE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Stepmotion jajajaja como pueden estar tan ciegos?
So fake🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
So what are we supposed to believe now ??
lol RIH
lmao
U.R.S.S.
It's USSR --- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
@@prince-solomon U.R.S.S. is the spanish spelling for the U.S.S.R. U.R.S.S. means "Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas".
@@honygommendez2339 Portuguese too...
@@honygommendez2339 ,👍
Is flat
Rest In Peace Alexei Leonov.
RIP