Today marks exactly half a century since mankind took a daredevil leap into open space... and it was achieved by Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. The images of stepping through space stirred people's imagination - here's a minute-by-minute reconstruction of events. On the landmark anniversary we also spoke to the former director of the Johnson space center in the US He says there's no place in space for political differences and its a good chance to find common ground up there.
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