To new heights (1984)

Newsreel from 1961: view of the lower part of the spacecraft before liftoff, flame bursting out of the engine nozzle.

Gagarin Yu. A. in the spacecraft cabin before liftoff.

Korolev S. P. controls the launch via radio from the command post.

Launch of the Vostok-1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961. Clouds in the sky.

Monument to Gagarin on Oktyabrskaya Square in Moscow.

Spacecraft at the VDNKh site in Moscow, view of the Cosmos pavilion building.

Panorama of part of the exposition inside the pavilion (top).

Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Intercosmos Council, Academician V. A. Kotelnikov speaks about the USSR initiative for international cooperation in space exploration, the need to conduct space research within the framework of the international community program, the Intercosmos program, the availability of the results obtained under this program for the peoples of other countries, the need to use space exclusively for peaceful purposes (synchronously and off-screen).

Covers of publications dedicated to the Intercosmos program.

Model of the Intercosmos-1 satellite.

Coastal landscape, the sun in the sky.

View of part of the solar surface, processes occurring on the sun.

Sunset over the sea.

Chairman of the Space Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor J. Rychlewski, speaks in the hall of the Cosmonautics Museum about the participation of Polish scientists in the Intercosmos program, about the flight of the Polish satellite Copernicus-500, about preparing the satellite for the flight, about close cooperation of scientists from socialist countries within the framework of the Intercosmos program (synchronously and behind the scenes).

View of an ancient Polish castle.

Polish scientists and engineers inspect the Copernicus-500 satellite before launching it into space.

The launch vehicle in the hangar.

The process of creating and testing one of the units of the Intercosmos-Bulgaria-2300 satellite.

Testing one of the satellite units.

Faces of specialists.

Transportation of the satellite inside the hangar.

Transportation of the Soviet launch vehicle to the launch pad.

Panorama of part of the exhibition inside the Space pavilion (top).

An experiment on animals in a laboratory to study their behavior in space.

An experimental monkey during the experiment.

Scientists examine an experimental monkey.

A monkey during testing.

Mountain landscape in the Tien Shan, view of the space station in the mountains (panorama, top).

Preparing the station equipment for the next experiment, the faces of the scientists.

Bulgarian and Hungarian scientists conducting research at the station.

Hungarian specialists take data from research instruments.

Satellite models in the exhibition pavilion.

A model of a lunar rover.

Research vehicles with scientific instruments installed on them, created in different countries.

View of part of the exhibition pavilion, visitors examining the exhibits.

Medieval images of Halley's Comet.

An early 20th century article about Halley's Comet.

Portrait of Halley.

Modern images of Halley's Comet.

Hungarian scientists assembling instruments to study the substance of Halley's Comet.

Employees of the Institute of Space Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences are preparing a station for the flight to study Halley's Comet.

Faces of scientists discussing the current issue.

The process of developing equipment for the station.

View of a part of a satellite in space.

View of the Hydrometeorological Center building.

Glossing of images from space to create a weather forecast.

Photos of natural phenomena taken from space by the Meteor satellite.

Meteorologists make another forecast using data received from the satellite.

A spacecraft in flight.

Cosmonaut V.F. Bykovsky talks about the development of a multifunctional camera for photographing the Earth from space by scientists from the USSR and the GDR in 1975, about installing the camera on the Soyuz-22 spacecraft, testing the camera, and the number of frames taken (synchronously and off-screen).

Photographs of the Earth's surface taken by a camera installed on a spacecraft.

Bykovsky shows photographs of parts of a space camera.

View of the Salyut station model.

Bykovsky inside the Salyut station model demonstrates a space camera.

A researcher in front of a monitor screen, an image of the territory in different spectrum ranges on the screen.

Drawings of sections of the earth's crust made from photographs taken from space.

A model of one of the Soviet communications satellites in the exhibition pavilion.

View of the satellite antenna of space communications.

Panorama of part of the ground station of the space communications system.

Scientists from different countries at work at one of the communications stations.

Implementation of international television exchange.

Interior views of one of the communications centers.

Ships sinking in the sea.

Emblem of the international space rescue service "Sarsat-Cospas".

Diagram of satellite reception and transmission of coordinates of an emergency radio beacon (animation).

The satellite antenna is turning.

Conducting a communication session at the satellite station "Sarsat-Cospas".

The station's employees monitor the devices that establish the coordinates of the accident site.

Articles about the rescue of pilots and sailors using the "Cospas" system, covers of foreign specialized publications.

Photographs of shipwrecks and rescue operations.

Newsreel from 1975: the launch of the spacecraft "Soyuz" and "Apollo".

Docking in space.

Panorama of part of the Mission Control Center (MCC) hall.

Docking spacecraft.

Meeting of Soviet cosmonauts with American astronauts.

Photo and film reporters are filming.

Launch of the spacecraft.

Czechoslovakian cosmonaut V. Remek before boarding the spacecraft.

Meeting of Polish cosmonaut M. Hermaszewski in Warsaw.

Cosmonaut from the GDR Z. Yen during preparation for the flight.

Bulgarian cosmonaut G. Ivanov and Soviet cosmonaut N. Rukavishnikov are walking in the forest.

Hungarian cosmonaut B. Farkas on board the spacecraft.

Vietnamese cosmonaut Pham Tuan and Viktor Gorbatko in the back seat of the car.

Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez descends the steps of the plane.

Mongolian cosmonaut J. Gurragcha and V. Dzhanibekov on board the spacecraft.

The face of the Romanian cosmonaut D. Prunariu after landing.

French cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chretien in the bus.

Cosmonaut training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Cosmonaut testing for various types of overloads.

Beregovoy G. T. observes the testing and training of cosmonauts.

Underwater training of cosmonauts.

Members of international crews conduct experiments on the Salyut orbital station, including Gurragcha Zh., Dzhanibekov V.A. Obtaining a metal alloy in zero gravity.

Valeriy Kubasov and B. Farkas conduct research on board the Salyut station.

Experiments with plants and insects in space.

Medical observations on board the station.

Cosmonauts carry out hygienic measures.

The life of cosmonauts on the orbital station.

International space crews after landing.

Cosmonauts meeting with their families and friends.

Gurragcha meeting with his family.

Celebration in Sofia in honor of G. Ivanov's return home.

Panorama of the square with dancing people.

Cosmonauts meeting in Berlin, Hanoi, Havana.

View of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Jean Lou Chretien after returning home.

Interior views of the research space center. G. Ivanov speaking from the rostrum of the international space forum.

Panorama of the forum hall.

Scientists conducting research.

Head of cosmonaut training V.A. Shatalov speaks about training cosmonauts from socialist countries, about preparation of Indian cosmonauts for flight, about peculiarities of training foreign cosmonauts (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Indian cosmonaut during training, doctors take readings from instruments.

Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma learns to ski.

Rakesh Sharma and crew commander Yu.V. Malyshev enter the complex simulator of the Soyuz transport ship.

Cosmonauts inside the simulator.

The training center staff maintain contact with the cosmonauts during practice of various situations, take readings from instruments.

Equipment of the cosmonaut training center.

Rakesh Sharma and Malyshev leave the simulator after training, Rakesh Sharma gives an interview about his feelings after another training session and about the established relationships with his Soviet colleagues (synchronously).

Cosmonauts G. Strekalov, Yu.

Malyshev and Rakesh Sharma go to the model of the Salyut station in the hangar and climb inside.

View of part of the Mission Control Center hall (from above).

Cosmonauts Leonov and Sevastyanov watch in the Mission Control Center hall.

The launch of the spacecraft.

View of part of the Mission Control Center hall during the launch.