The film is dedicated to the joint training and flight into space of Russian and Indian cosmonauts.
Baikonur, preparing a rocket for launch.
Winter natural landscapes, snowing.
Indian pilots R. Sharma and R. Malhotra are riding in a bus.
Streets of Indian cities. R. Sharma and R. Malhotra.
The coast of the Indian Ocean (shot from a car).
Indian temples.
Clouds over the desert (the horizon is curved).
Views of the Earth from space.
Chronicle of 1961: Yuri Gagarin in India, the crowd greets the cosmonaut on the streets.
Temple of Surya.
Statuette of Shiva.
Symbol of the joint Soviet-Indian flight.
Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yuri Gagarin in Star City.
Underwater training.
A specialist closes the entrance to the chamber.
Head of preflight preparation V. Shatalov. V. Shatalov introduces the main and backup crews.
Indian astronauts communicate with their Soviet colleagues, astronaut training.
Rocket launch.
Astronauts watch the departure of the main crew.
Cartoon: movement of stars in space.
Astronauts walk to the rocket.
Preparation for launch.
Continuation of astronaut training for the flight.
Dissolve: people looking up against the backdrop of outer space.
Astronauts on vacation, riding Russian troikas.
Meeting at the training center.
Space technology, Communication of cultures, Orbital stations
Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Shatalov V.A. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Lieutenant General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Malyshev Yu.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Rukavishnikov N.N. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Berezovoy A.N. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Grechko G.M. -- USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Strekalov G.M. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
astronaut-researcher
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Sharma R. -- Indian cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
Test Pilot, Ministry of Defence, India. Malhotra R. -- Indian Test Pilot
Air Force Colonel.
1961
India USSR
Winter
Rocket.
Cosmonauts in a hangar.
Flags of the USSR, India and the Kazakh SSR. The rocket is taken out of the hangar.
Yu. V. Malyshev, G. M. Strekalov and R. Sharma say goodbye to their colleagues and climb into the rocket.
Rocket launch.
Aerial view of the launch pad.
Sunrise.
Observation of the launch at the Mission Control Center.
Alternation: cosmonauts at the Mission Control Center, flight participants at the orbital station.
Practicing experiments on the ground before the flight.
Cosmonauts doing yoga.
Cosmonauts exit the capsule and take off their helmets.
Performing exercises under the supervision of a doctor in conditions of simulated weightlessness.
Wing of the space station, view of the Earth.
Cosmonauts working at the station.
Filming of the Earth from space.
The Mission Control Center broadcasts an address by I. P. Gandhi.
View of the Earth from the porthole.
The Grand Kremlin Palace, St.
George Hall, cosmonauts standing up. K. U. Chernenko's speech.
Award ceremony. K. U. Chernenko is photographed with the cosmonauts.
Parachute above the Earth.
The cosmonauts are met after landing.
The crew goes out onto the runway and walks to the rocket.
Gandhi I.P. - Indian political figure
Prime Minister of India
Minister of Foreign Affairs of India. Chernenko K.U. -- statesman and political figure
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Malyshev Yu.V. Grechko G.M. Strekalov G.M. Malhotra R. Sharma R.
USSR
Winter Spring