What's it like among the stars? (1967)

Clouds float across the sky, the eyes of a man looking at the sky.

Views of Christian churches and Muslim mosques, bell towers and minarets reaching into the sky.

The spire of the Peter and Paul Fortress Cathedral, a diagram of a space flight apparatus drawn by N. I. Kibalchich in a prison cell.

Portraits of N. I. Kibalchich and K. E. Tsiolkovsky.

Newsreel from the early 20th century: a man tries to take off on a homemade glider, put on himself, falls.

Unsuccessful starts of bicycle-powered aircraft.

A glider crashes after takeoff.

Launching an airship with a motor.

An airship in flight.

Takeoff of the Osoaviakhim-1 stratospheric balloon in 1934. Spectators watch the takeoff.

A cameraman films.

Memorial plaques on the niches of the ashes of the stratospheric explorers Fedoseenko, Vasenko and Usyskin who died on the Kremlin wall.

A telescope in the observatory.

An antenna for catching space signals on the seashore.

A scientist-astronomer at the control panel.

The antenna turns.

View of the antenna directed to the sky.

View of the scale of the control and measuring device.

The eyes of a person looking at the sky.

View of the starry sky.

The launch of a spacecraft.

Biologists are conducting an experiment to study the biophysical laws of the human body for subsequent flights into space.

The faces of the scientists, the test cosmonaut in a pressure chamber.

The cosmonaut takes notes on his own sensations.

Readings on the scales of the devices, the face of the cosmonaut.

Conducting an experiment on immobility and stiffness with white rats.

Conducting a similar experiment with a monkey.

Readings on the scales of the devices when testing a person in a pressure chamber, the face of a female biologist.

Faces of scientists and the test cosmonaut.

The astronaut continues to record his health.

Instrument readings.

Scientists and the astronaut during the experiment.

Biologists conduct research on the cellular structures of a living organism.

Octopuses and squids on the seabed.

Scientists study the vestibular apparatus of a squid in a laboratory.

People ride a carousel.

Astronaut testing in a centrifuge, the face of a scientist.

Scientists monitor the instrument readings, the face of the astronaut.

A pomegranate burst under overload during testing in a centrifuge.

An astronaut during tests in a centrifuge.

A swimmer swims underwater in a pool, a stopwatch hand.

A lesson on studying stellar orientation in a cosmonaut corps, faces of the teacher and students, including Yuri Gagarin.

View of the starry sky and the Moon.

View of part of the Moon's surface, a spaceship on the Moon (animation).

An experiment with a floating white rat during its ascent to the height of a seven-story building.

A jar of water and a rat falls to the ground, the rat remains alive.

White rats during an experiment on immobility and stiffness.

Examination of a monkey to restore its mobility, the monkey's head.

A man participates in an experiment simulating weightlessness.

Astronauts train in zero gravity conditions.

Underwater training of astronauts in scuba gear, underwater assembly of equipment.

Biologists during an experiment on studying human brain activity, sensors on a girl's head.

Diagram of the readings taken from the sensors.

Biologists discuss the details of the experiment.

Samples of new pharmacological agents created on the basis of the experiments.

An experiment to put a person into a state of suspended animation, instrument scales, a subject in a state of suspended animation in a special helmet.

Instrument readings during the experiment with ascent to altitude, the astronaut's face.

The astronaut tries to record his sensations, but his hand does not obey him.

The astronaut is given an oxygen mask.

The astronaut in the oxygen mask records his sensations.

Game footage of the launch of future spaceships, the astronaut goes to the launch.