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First man to walk in space

  1. Rakesh Sharma

  2. Sherpa Sungau

  3. Robert Peary

  4. Alexi Leonov (USSR)
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Explanation

Alexei Leonov, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to conduct a spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission. He spent approximately 12 minutes outside the spacecraft. Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian in space (1984), while Sherpa Sungau and Robert Peary were not spacewalkers.

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