Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (born 1925)

Pavel Belyayev

Soviet cosmonaut (1925–1970)

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk. He had been a fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft, and was the first commander of the cosmonaut…