The Man Who Swam in Space

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1965-uu-uu.

This program produced by Radio Moscow dramatically recounts the mission of Voskhod 2, in which Alexey Leonov became the first person to leave a spacecraft in a pressurized suit and "swim through space."

The hosts recount the life and career of the two crew members, Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov and play clips of interviews with their wives. The program also incorporates audio from the mission and press conferences during and after the mission.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150884
Municipal archives id: T4079

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