The film is dedicated to the fate of the astronaut Gregory Nelyubova. He was the second understudy of Yuri Gagarin, into space but not fly.
Newsreel: March 1961 - Gagarin, Titov, Nelyubov on Red Square, Tverskaya Street;
medical examination of cosmonauts;
the streets of Moscow, people on the streets;
pilots, parachute jumping;
work on the rocket, Korolev;
Gagarin, Titov, Nelyubov at the meeting, the announcement of elections Gagarin on the role of the first cosmonaut;
Gagarin with his wife and child;
the training of astronauts, centrifuge; 12/04/1961 - Baikonur, Korolev, astronauts, launch;
meeting and celebration of Gagarin;
Titov, training;
weddings Nikolaev and Tereshkova;
the MIG-21; Marina Popovich at the airport, in the plane;
New Year;
funeral Sergei Korolev, Gagarin on the platform of the mausoleum.
Interviews brother cosmonaut Vladimir dislike, dislike of his wife, Zinaida, doctor Adila Kotovskaya, pilots Marina Popovich, Pavel Popovich, pilots 224 Air Fighter Regiment, Vladimir Ghoul, Basil Shamova, Valentina Tereshkova, the mechanics Valery Schumann.