alexi Leonov

by Joby Hickey

  • artist: Joby Hickey
  • title: alexi Leonov
  • Year: 2008
  • medium: acrylic on board
    Born in Siberia, Russia in 1934, Leonov graduated from the Chuguyev Air force School and Zhukovskiy Air Force Engineering Academy. He became an air force lieutenant colonel, fighter pilot and parachutist. He was chosen for the cosmonaut program in 1960 and was the first human to walk in space on the Voskhod 2 mission. He resigned from the Soviet corps of cosmonauts in 1975.

  • size: 24cm x 24cm
  • price: SOLD