We had this tradition that he would give cosmonauts pep talks before they board the spacecraft, we all looked forward to that, always thought about it and always wanted Leonov to be the one to send us off into space.

Oleg Kononenko

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We were going to stop by Alexei Arkhipovich (Leonov) after our return and give him our space souvenirs, but you see it wasnt meant to be.