A film about the creation and launch of the Mir orbital station. A story about the creation of various space stations, the improvement of interstellar technologies, and the work of astronauts and scientists.
Views of the Earth from space stations.
Spotlights.
Cartoon: the station is floating in space.
Cosmonauts at work.
The station body.
Rocket launch.
Cartoon: launch of the first Earth satellite.
Chronicle of the 1960s: Cosmonauts are prepared for flight.
Fire under the nozzles.
A drawn space station.
Chronicle of 1971: Cosmonauts move in compartments.
View from the porthole.
Scientists talk near the model of the Salyut orbital station.
Meeting of scientists.
Spare parts for the station equipment.
Scientists transport parts on a special table.
A new model of the station is under development.
Cosmonauts greet a colleague.
An international crew works on board the station.
Space images.
Cartoon: the station is floating in space above the Earth.
A scientist walks in front of the camera.
Blocks of the new space station.
Cartoon: the station moves in space and sends signals.
Rocket launch.
Cartoon: the MIR orbital station in space, the base block.
View of the Earth from space.
The hatch opens, a cosmonaut enters the compartment. V.A.Solovyov at the control panel. L.D.Kizim with a movie camera approaches the porthole.
View from the porthole. V.A.Solovyov goes to another compartment.
Living and working quarters of the station.
Cartoon: communication signals from the station passing through a satellite.
Cosmonauts Yu.V.Romanenko and A.I.Laveikin talk with scientists.
The first research module of the Kvant station.
Cartoon: the structure of the orbital international X-ray observatory on board the Kvant.
Cartoon: the station flies up, the starry sky.
Faces of scientists.
Specialists of the design bureau.
Scientists are working on creating a module of the station.
Lights in the dark.
Faces of scientists.
Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Kizim L.D. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. V.A. Solovyov -- pilot-cosmonaut
scientist
constructor
Doctor of Technical Sciences
professor
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Romanenko Yu.V. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Laveykin A.I. -- cosmonaut
instructor
tester
Hero of the Soviet Union
Deputy Director of the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics.
1960s 1971 1987 02.20.1986
Oxygen supply system device. L.D.Kizim works at the station.
Scientists are working on creating a station module.
Onboard computer.
Scientists at work.
View of the Earth from space.
Cartoon: docking of the module with the station, departure of the transport unit, the station drifting in space.
Cartoon: starry sky, approaching stars with a telescope.
Specialists from the Space Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences process the data.
The head of the experiment R.A.Sunyaev tells the story.
Drawing: orbital station above the Earth.
Scientists at work.
Scientists study printouts of research results.
Cartoon: mark on the photo.
Launch pad.
Carrier rocket "Energia".
Rocket on the monitor.
Rocket launch on May 15, 1987. The fiery trail of the rocket disappears in the sky.
Cartoon: space station floats among the stars, the cosmonaut returns on board.
Kizim L.D. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Sunyaev R.A. -- astrophysicist
Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Chief Researcher, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching.
1986-1987 05/15/1987