Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (Russian: Павел Иванович Беляев; June 26 1925 – January 10 1970) was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft. He was the first commander of the cosmonaut corps and the cosmonaut who commanded the historic Voskhod 2 mission which saw the first man walk in space in 1965.
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