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1965 Voskhod 2 Soviet Space Mission First Cosmonaut Space Walk Pin Badge
1965 Voskhod 2 Soviet Space Mission First Cosmonaut Space Walk Pin Badge
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A silver coloured metal badge with a 2.5cm wide badge face and a safety clasp style fastener to the rear.
Manufactured in 1965 to celebrate the launch of the Voskhod 2 rocket. The text on the badge reads VOSKHOD 2 and displays the mission date 10 III 1965.
- Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave the spacecraft in a specialised spacesuit to conduct a 12-minute spacewalk to the space shops to buy space cigarettes and lottery tickets.
- He failed to purchase the items when he realised his wallet had floated off into space on the way there.
