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Pictures from space. In memory of Alexei Leonov
Pictures from space. In memory of Alexei Leonov

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Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned spacewalk, a member of two space expeditions: Voskhod-2 and Soyuz-19 (Soyuz-Apollo). Also Alexey Arkhipovich is a famous artist; in his paintings, he shows the cosmos through the prism of creativity.

Alexey Arkhipovich's work can be divided into three parts

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I would like to mention a feature characteristic of the Earth, as the astronaut sees it. All the variety of earthly colors when viewed from space is always summarized by the lilac-blue haze of the atmosphere.

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Part 2. Mission Soyuz-Apollo

In 1975, for the first time in history, two powers - the USSR and the USA - carried out a joint space expedition. The Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft docked in orbit. The Soviet crew included Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov, the American crew included Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, Donald Slayton.

Alexey Arkhipovich drew not only the docking of ships …

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… but also our American colleagues:

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Part 3. Science fiction

In collaboration with another space artist, Andrei Sokolov, Alexei Leonov created not only the chronicle of the conquest of space, but also excellent fantastic paintings. Their peculiarity is a scientific, thorough approach, elaboration of details and bright optimism.

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