Bidspirit auction | A SET OF RUSSIAN SOVIET

A SET OF RUSSIAN SOVIET ASTRONAUTS PHOTOGRAPHS - A set of 13 old photographs of Soviet cosmonauts, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov.Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps and the cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission which saw the first man walk in space in 1965.Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. Dimensions: 4 x 2 3/4 in.