On March 18, 1965, when the Vostok-2 spacecraft had already passed over Egypt, but had not yet passed over the Black Sea, the broadcast spread:
A man has entered outer space! A man has entered outer space! He is free-floating!
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov went into outer space, and Pavel Ivanovich Belyaev's report was announced on the air, and from that very moment it became clear that what is now called EVA, or ExtraVehicular Activity (VKD, or VneKorabelnaya Deyatel'nost', in Russian), is real. And spacesuits for other planets should be real too, where without it. But we also love, appreciate and remember that cosmonaut Leonov, as you know, later produced an unrealistic number of canvases, both solo and with co-authors, and we attach here some magnificent examples of what the boundless cosmos does to creative people.
Hurrah, comrades! Let us remember, let us take an example and, of course, let us create!
For the joy of people — for the benefit of all mankind!
For the joy of people — for the benefit of all mankind!