Climbing from the open airlock of Voskhod-2, Alexei Leonov felt quite calm.

阿里克谢·列昂诺夫爬出上升2号载人飞船的气闸，感觉很平静。

While Ed White was the first American to space walk, the first to ever do it was Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

埃德·怀特是第一个进行太空行走的美国人，而第一个做到这一点的是苏联宇航员阿列克谢·列奥诺夫。

But Leonov’s mission wasn’t plain sailing – in other words, it wasn’t easy or straightforward.

但是列昂诺夫执行任务时并非一帆分顺，或者说并不简单，不能一步到位。

Leonov said he faced a number of life threatening challenges doing that but he did get back to Earth safely.

列昂诺夫表示，他面临着许多威胁生命的挑战，但他确实安全返回了地球。

While Ed White was the first American to do it, the first ever spacewalk was made by Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.

埃德·怀特是第一个这样做的美国人，但史上第一次太空行走是由苏联宇航员阿列克谢·列昂诺夫完成的。

Leonov had sweated so much on the space walk that his boots were filled with water up to his knees!

列昂诺夫在太空行走时流了很多汗，鞋子里的水都快要没过膝盖了！

This made it impossible for Leonov to get back through the door of the spacecraft, putting him in a life-threatening situation.

这使得列昂诺夫无法从航天器的门回到里面，当时的情况对列昂诺夫来说就是生死关头。

Leonov's space suit expanded so much in the vacuum of space he had to depressurize his own suit to get back in.

列昂诺夫的太空服在真空中膨胀得如此厉害，他不得不给自己的太空服减压才能返回。

This gave him some control of his movements in space. Like Leonov, White was sorry when he had to return to his spacecraft.

这使他能够在太空中控制移动。和列昂诺夫一样，当怀特不得不返回飞船时，他也同样感到遗憾。

On 18th March 1965 Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to drift free in space – 500km from the surface of Earth.

1965年3月18日，前苏联宇航员阿列克谢·列昂诺夫成为第一个在距地球表面500公里的太空中行走的人。

After about ten minutes, Leonov had to return to the spacecraft. He said he regretted the decision. He was having such a good time!

大约十分钟后，列昂诺夫不得不返回飞船。他说他后悔返回，他玩得很开心！

And if I was in Leonov’s shoes – meaning if I was in his situation – I would have panicked big time!

如果我是列昂诺夫，或者说如果我处在那样的情况下，我一定会特别恐慌！

When Leonov left the capsule his spacesuit inflated – or swelled up – like a balloon because the pressure inside the suit was greater than outside.

列昂诺夫离开太空舱时，他的太空服受到的压力内大外小，像气球一样膨胀了起来。

Leonov later told the Smithsonian that when his four year old daughter saw him making the spacewalk on TV, she cried, please tell daddy to get back inside.

列昂诺夫后来告诉史密森尼，当他四岁的女儿在电视上看到他在太空中行走时，她哭着请人告诉爸爸快回舱去。

The United States had wanted to be the first nation, but 10 weeks earlier Alexa Leonov had gone outside of his spacecraft and done the first ever space walk.

美国本想成为第一个这样做 国家，但 10 周前，阿列克谢·列昂诺夫走出了他的宇宙飞船，完成了有史以来的第一次太空行走。

His father yelled at what he thought was Leonov's misbehavior and said he should be punished, and his daughter cried and said please tell Daddy to get back inside.

他的父亲对被他视为列昂诺夫的不当行为进行了怒斥，称他应该受到惩罚，他的女儿也哭着说，请告诉爸爸回到飞船里。

But Leonov had the presence of mind to find a solution. Presence of mind means being able to react quickly and stay calm in a difficult or dangerous situation.

但是列昂诺夫沉着应对，想出了解决办法。沉着应对是指能够在困境或危险的情况中迅速做出反应，并保持冷静。