Pavel Belyayev, Voskhod 2 cosmonaut, born 1925

Pavel Belyayev, born June 26, 1925 in the former Soviet Union, made space history when he commanded the Voskhod 2 mission, which involved the first spacewalk ever.   In March 1965, Belyayev and fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov launched in Voskhod 2.  Leonov made the first successful EVA.

Belyayev had to perform a manual re-entry when the automatic system failed.  It took time for him to perform the maneuver, and it caused them to overshoot their landing position by 2000 km. 

Belyayev was scheduled to fly the Voskhod 8 mission but it was cancelled.

He died in 1970 from peritonitis.

Voskhod 2 launched 1965, first EVA

Voskhod 2, launched March 18, 1965, carried two cosmonauts, Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov, into space.  Alexey left the capsule to perform the first extra-vehicular activity.  It last only about 10 minutes.

Despite the success of the spacewalk, the cosmonauts experienced problems during the flight and re-entry.  They touched down nearly 400km from the planned landing point.  They landed in a forested section of remote mountains.  Before the rescuers could get to them, night fell and the temperatures dropped below freezing, but they managed to stay alive.

Rescuers on skies finally reached them but it would be another day before they would be able to get back to civilization.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voskhod_2