theme №1 12.04.1994 (1994)

The program epigraph is a fragment of the film "Taming of Fire", directed by Daniil Khrabrovitsky.

The program theme is: Cosmonautics.

Guests in the studio: Vladimir Solovyov - pilot cosmonaut, Yuri Koptev - director of the Russian Space Agency, Yaroslav Golovanov - journalist.

Yaroslav Golovanov talks about completing the space flight training program under the guidance of Sergei Korolev.

Vladimir Solovyov, Yuri Koptev and Yaroslav Golovanov answer the question of what the words cosmonautics and space mean to you.

A survey of people on the street: Tell me, do you know who is in space orbit today.

Vladimir Solovyov and Yaroslav Golovanov answer the question of what caused the decline in interest in cosmonautics.

Video: b/w chronicle: Takeoff of the spacecraft, animation-first artificial satellite of the earth, dogs "

Belka"

and "

Strelka", designer Korolev Sergei, spacecraft on the platform, cosmonaut Gagarin Yuri, Gagarin Yuri before the flight into space, flight control room, image of Gagarin on monitor screens, designer Korolev Sergei gives the command to ignite, flame bursts out of the rocket engines, designer Korolev Sergei wishes Gagarin a good flight, masts move away from the rocket, spacecraft takes off, Gagarin says "

Let's go", poster "

We believed in it", crowd of people meets Gagarin, Gagarin goes down the plane's steps, children wave their hands from the bus window, Gagarin's motorcade on the streets of Moscow, cosmonaut Titov Herman in a spacesuit gets on the bus, Titov Herman in a spacesuit on the bus, flame of rocket engines, Tereshkova Valentina in a spacesuit in the cabin of the spacecraft, speaks with Tereshkova Valentina on On the phone Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and Anastas Mikoyan are next to him, Alexey Leonov in a spacesuit goes into space, the automatic station Luna-10, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and the deputies of the XXIII CPSU congress listen standing to the call signs of the Luna-10 station, the takeoff of the US rocket, US astronauts in the Apollo-11 spacecraft, the landing of US astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong on the moon, the docking of three Soyuz spacecraft, cosmonauts greet each other in the space station, cosmonauts on Red Square at a meeting with the leaders of the USSR, the takeoff of the spacecraft, the Salyut station in Earth orbit, the Mir space station in orbit, Nikita Khrushchev and Yuri Gagarin on the mausoleum tribune.

Yuri Koptev answers the question of what the Russian Space Agency does and what its areas are.

Koptev Yuriy answers the question, military and civil interests in space in what percentage ratio they were before and are now.

Soloviev Vladimir talks about the relations of military and civil space departments.

Koptev Yuriy says that without the participation of the military none of the civil space programs of Russia can be carried out.

Video: Spacecraft takeoff, animation - the first artificial satellite of the Earth, a tractor with an intercontinental ballistic missile, an officer at the control panel of the missile complex, radars directed to the sky, animation: satellites in orbit, a spacecraft in orbit, a satellite in orbit, a view from a helicopter of the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, space rocket takeoffs, a rocket takeoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a satellite in orbit, a launch vehicle on a platform, military personnel in the command and measurement complex, spacecraft takeoff, astronauts in zero gravity, officers in the command and measurement complex, the flight control center hall, radars directed to the sky, a rocket on the launch pad, the Mir station in orbit, a view from the station of the globe, officers salute.

Golovanov Yaroslav answers the question of how the collapse of the USSR affected cosmonautics.

Koptev Yuri says that cosmonautics is experiencing great difficulties.

Koptev Yuriy answers the question of how closely state policy and cosmonautics are connected and in what way.

Golovanov Yaroslav quotes Wernher von Braun's statement about state support for cosmonautics.

Soloviev Vladimir answers the question of what is the efficiency of the information obtained by cosmonauts in orbit.

Soloviev Vladimir says that cosmonauts spend about sixty percent of their time on scientific work and thirty percent on station repairs.

Golovanov Yaroslav talks about the repair of the Mir station.

Video: Explosion of a launch vehicle on the launch pad of the cosmodrome, explosion of the engine of a taking off space rocket, Valentin Bondarenko next to a pressure chamber, Valentin Bondarenko on the beach, the crew of the Apollo-1 spacecraft, the consequences of a fire in the cabin of the Apollo-1 spacecraft, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, burning debris of the space descent vehicle, military personnel sorting out the debris of the descent vehicle, people at the grave of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev at the orbital station, the descent capsule of the Soyuz-11 spacecraft on the ground, the bodies of dead cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev lie on the ground, the funeral of cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev on Red Square, a necropolis near the Kremlin wall with photographs Cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev, cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov in spacesuits, the burning launch vehicle of the Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft.

Gennady Strekalov speaks about the fire on the launch vehicle of the Soyuz T-10-1 spacecraft.

The cabin of the US Apollo 13 spacecraft.

The splashdown of the capsule of the US Apollo 13 spacecraft.

The Apollo 13 crew exits the helicopter.

The crew of the Challenger shuttle at a press conference.

The Challenger shuttle on the launch pad.

Spectators watch the launch of the ship.

The Challenger shuttle begins to rise from the launch pad.

An explosion in the sky of the spacecraft with the Challenger shuttle.

Horror on people's faces.

Vladimir Solovyov and Yuri Koptev answer the question of how long the Mir station will work.

Yuri Koptev says that the resource of the Mir station is calculated until 1997. Yaroslav Golovanov says that the resource of the lunar rover was calculated for three weeks, but it worked for nine months.

Yuri Koptev answers the question of how much one flight with people costs on average.

Video: Drawing printer in operation, engineer operators at a computer, workers in a launch vehicle assembly shop, ministry staff meeting, engineers holding printed circuit boards with microcircuits, engineer holding a device case, engineers looking at photographs, cosmonauts in spacesuits in orbit, cosmonauts inside the spacecraft, Soyuz-Apollo medal, Soyuz spacecraft performing a maneuver, view of Mir orbital station, international crew at Mir station, cosmonauts on board the station in zero gravity, view of Mir station from space, launch pad and spacecraft, rocket takeoff, rocket launch from Plesetsk cosmodrome, Boris Yeltsin looking through binoculars, launch vehicle in the sky, signing of international agreements Albert Gore and Viktor Chernomyrdin, Mir station in orbit, launch vehicle with Space Shuttle in the sky, computer animation "

Space Station", launch vehicle with the Space Shuttle at the cosmodrome, animation of the flags of the USA, Russia, Canada, Japan.

Vladimir Solovyov talks about the creation of the Alpha project - a joint international space station of the USA and Russia.

Yaroslav Golovanov talks about the US lag in space medicine.

Yuri Koptev talks about Russia's investment in the construction of a new station.

A viewer in the studio says that the US is creating the station more for its own needs and asks how one can explain such unprofitable cooperation for Russia.

Yuri Koptev says that the station's work is to conduct experiments in the field of microgravity.

Sergey Krikalev says that Russia can participate in international projects, as well as create its own space station.

Sergey Krikalev answers the question of what is the difference in the approach to cosmonautics from the American side and the Russian side.

Vladimir Solovyov answers the question of how the selection for the cosmonaut corps is carried out.

Golovanov Yaroslav answers the question whether the Russian Space Agency plans to return to the issue of social and humanitarian flights, a philosopher, a poet, a journalist.

A viewer in the studio says that she passed a medical selection, passed exams and how she can now find herself in the program of social and humanitarian flights.

Ryumin Valery says that at the moment the Russian cosmonautics does not have such resources to send a journalist, a cook and someone else into space.

Soloviev Vladimir, Koptev Yuri and Golovanov Yaroslav answer the question of what awaits cosmonautics in our country.

The host says goodbye to the viewers.