1965 at 10:00 am on the 18th of the 3rd, 18th, the former Soviet Union's Baiknur Space Launch Site, the "Dawn" 2 manned spacecraft was successfully launched.
1 hours 34 minutes 51 seconds later, the 31-year-old astronaut Leonov left the airlock compartment and entered the universe. It opened its first stroll in space in human history.
Leonov is a legendary figure in the former Soviet Union. Not only was he the first person in history to walk in space, he also shook hands with American astronauts in space in 1975, which was also the first time in history.
1960, the first batch of astronauts in the former Soviet Union were selected as 20 air pilots, and Leonov, who was 26 years old at the time, was one of them.
His first spacewalk was completed in the "Dawn" mission 2.
What is little known is that Leonov almost stayed in space forever during that space walk.
March 18, 1965 at 10:00 am, "Dawn" 2 took off successfully at the Baiknur Space Launch Site, and soon entered the established orbit and flew freely. Finally, it's time to go on a space walk.
"Dawn" No. 2 specially installed an airlock compartment. It has a hatch on the upper part, and the cover can be automatically punched or opened by hand. It is from here that the astronauts enter space. In addition to the lights, the airlock compartment is equipped with two cameras, which are mainly used to capture all the processes of astronauts entering space through the airlock compartment. The spacecraft is also equipped with cameras, mainly to capture astronauts' activities in space.
"Dawn" No. 2 took off for 1 hour, 32 minutes and 54 seconds, the airlock cabin cover opened, and then a 5.35-meter-long seat belt flew out, starting the first step for humans to walk in space.
The scheduled time for this space walk is 12 minutes. Soon, the time came, and it was time for Leonov to return to the spacecraft.
What Leonov didn't expect was that he almost stayed in space forever.
In fact, after 10 minutes of entering space, Leonov found that his clothes and pants were expanding like balloons, which made it very difficult for him to even do some simple movements (such as bent his arms and bent his legs), let alone follow the camera shutter.
returns to the spacecraft, and when entering the outer hatch, Leonov encounters even greater trouble.
Because his clothes and pants were all swelling, his legs could not bend, so he could not enter the cabin at all.
helplessly, he decided to risk releasing the gas in of the space service.
However, no matter how hard he tries, it is useless.
Because his hands were not in control, at that moment, he almost collapsed, sweat flowed into his eyes, and his throat became hoarse...
Those few minutes made Leonov unforgettable, because those few minutes made him extremely painful.
Fortunately, after several efforts, he finally released the gas in the space suit, and soon, the space suit was deflated.
Originally, according to normal operating procedures, astronauts should enter the airlock compartment with their legs in front of them.
But at this moment, for Leonov, it is even harder than climbing to the sky.
After several failures, Leonov decided to use the cabin entry method instead, and he tried to enter the cabin head-facing.
After a few minutes, with Leonov's unremitting efforts, he finally returned to the airlock compartment.
What is incredible is that for this time, Leonov sweated a lot and lost 10.8 kilograms.
But the trouble is still going on. On March 19, when Leonov and his companions flew around the ground to the 18th lap, they received instructions from the ground.
The ground requires the spacecraft to return immediately and land automatically.
But when the spacecraft is ready to land, trouble occurs again.
The automatic navigation and landing system of the spacecraft failed and it was impossible to land automatically.
had no choice but to land using a manual directional system.
may cause the spacecraft to deviate from the predetermined landing point when landing because the manual system is not as accurate as the automatic system.
spacecraft actually landed in the Ural primeval forest 2600 miles away from the landing site.
was not found by ground search and rescue personnel until March 20.
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