Would you be brave enough to float around in space? 🧑‍🚀 The first spacewalk was performed by Soviet and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov back on 18 March 1965. But it nearly went disastrously wrong... 🎧 https://bbc.in/41LWZZ3 | BBC World Service

🚀 Ever wondered what it feels like to step outside a spacecraft, floating hundreds of miles above Earth? 🌍✨ This is a spacewalk — one of the most extraordinary experiences any human can have. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station suit up in what’s basically their own mini spacecraft — a suit built to protect them from the silence and danger of outer space. Once the hatch opens, they drift into the blackness, tethered only by a safety line. Below them, Earth shines quietly — oceans,