Cosmonautics. Baikonur: secret operation "Palm" (2016)

The space friendship of France and Russia has turned 50 years old.

These days, Moscow celebrated the anniversary of scientific and technical cooperation between our countries, which began with the secret operation "Palm".

French President Charles de Gaulle became the first foreigner to visit Baikonur, the country's most secret facility.

Interview: veteran of Baikonur Lev Nikolaev, Mikhail Khaylov, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Valery Kapitonov, Alexander Volkov.

The beginning is in the film document No. 101947.