



Yuri Gagarin at a meeting.
The cosmonaut in a spacesuit, arriving at the cosmodrome.
Preparing for the flight.
Rocket launch.
Kremlin chimes.
View of the Kremlin.
Yuri Gagarin on the mausoleum tribune.
The crowd on Red Square greets the cosmonaut.
Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union.
1961




Red Square, people with banners.
Yuri Gagarin in the Kremlin.
Photographers.
Awarding of Yuri Gagarin.
People meet the plane on which Yuri Gagarin arrived.
The cosmonaut gets into the car.
The car leaves the airport.
Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Brezhnev L.I. -- statesman and party leader
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of Socialist Labor
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1966-1982).
1960s




Cosmonaut after landing with a parachute.




Cosmonauts Shatalov, Eliseev, Volynov, Khrunov (excerpts from speeches from the rostrum).
Rocket takeoff.
Dishes of the radar communications station.
First docking in orbit of the manned spacecraft Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5.
Shatalov V.A. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Lieutenant General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Eliseev A.S. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Volynov B.V. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Khrunov E.V. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Air Force Colonel
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Hero of the Soviet Union.
01.1969




Cosmonauts A.G. Nikolaev and P.R. Popovich disembark the plane and report to N.S. Khrushchev.
Artillery salvo.
Cosmonauts meet with their families.
Pioneer delegation with flowers.
Greetings from the crowd.
Cosmonauts on the Mausoleum tribune.
Panorama of Red Square.
Wedding of Andrian Nikolaev and Valentina Tereshkova; among the guests are N.S. Khrushchev and Yu.A. Gagarin.
Cosmonauts on board the rocket. A.G. Nikolaev.
Greetings from the crowd on Red Square.
Nikolaev A.G. - Soviet cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Popovich P.R. -- Major General of Aviation
USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Tereshkova V.V. -- the world's first female cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
retired major general
public and political figure. Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Khrushchev N.S. -- Soviet statesman and political figure
three times Hero of Socialist Labor
1st Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee (1953-1964)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1958-1964).
1962




Ground preparations for landing of cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeriy Kubasov.
The cosmonauts are helped out of the vehicle.
Press conference.
The descent vehicle, parachute release, view from bottom to top.
A military ship at sea.
Landing of the vehicle on water.
Towing of the vehicle by helicopter.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Kubasov V.N. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Hungarian People's Republic.




Alexey Leonov during a trip abroad.
Testing the PEM-1 search and recovery vehicle, A.A. Leonov at the wheel.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.




Testers and research staff, work on the ground.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.




Testers and research staff, work on the ground.
Cosmonaut training, evacuation from the descent vehicle on the water.
Grechko G.M. - USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.




Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Egorov meet with members of the government after the flight.
Greetings and congratulations from schoolchildren.
Cosmonauts on the mausoleum tribune, participants in the rally on Red Square.
Meeting with members of the government in the Kremlin.
Komarov V.M. - Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Feoktistov K.P. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
Doctor of Technical Sciences
Professor. Egorov B.B. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Colonel of the Medical Service
Doctor of Medical Sciences
Professor. Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Tereshkova V.V. -- the world's first female cosmonaut
retired major general
public and political figure. Nikolaev A.G. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Brezhnev L.I. -- statesman and party figure
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Hero of Socialist Labor
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1966-1982). Khrushchev N.S. - Soviet statesman and political figure
three times Hero of Socialist Labor
1st Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee (1953-1964)
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1958-1964).
10.1964




Ground training of astronauts, simulating conditions of a spaceship.
The test participants are helped out of the apparatus.




The astronauts are helped out of the apparatus after the tests and given flowers.
Physical exercises.
Repair work.
Krikalev S.K. -- aviation sportsman
astronaut
development engineer
candidate of psychological sciences
Academician of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky.
1972




Work in zero gravity conditions.
Dzhanibekov (Krysin) V.A. - Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR
President of the Association of Cosmonautics Museums of Russia.




Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Egorov, preparation for the flight (medical examination, connection and testing of sensors).
The cosmonauts board the bus.
Meeting with members of the government after the flight, report; Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova are present on the podium.
Komarov V.M. - Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Feoktistov K.P. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
Doctor of Technical Sciences
Professor. Egorov B.B. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Colonel of the Medical Service
Doctor of Medical Sciences
Professor. Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Tereshkova V.V. -- the world's first female cosmonaut
retired major general
social and political figure.
10.1964




Pre-flight preparation: astronauts work in isolation, scientists observe them.




Landing of the capsule of Georgy Grechko and Vladimir Dzhanibekov.
Evacuation of the cosmonauts, first meeting with the press.
Grechko G.M. - USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Dzhanibekov (Krysin) V.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR
President of the Association of Cosmonautics Museums of Russia.
26.09.1985




Vladimir Kovalenok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov on board the space station.
The MCC hall, Aleksandr Ivanchenkov on the monitor (spacewalk, outdoor work).
The cosmonauts are working out on simulators, checking their medical condition.
The cosmonauts are greeted with bread and salt on the ground.
Vladimir Kovalenok, Aleksandr Ivanchenko, Igor Volk and other cosmonauts.
Kovalenok V.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Colonel General of Aviation
candidate of military sciences
professor
President of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation. Ivanchenkov A.S. -- Soviet test pilot
cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Volk I.P. -- USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Test Pilot of the USSR
Hero of the Soviet Union.
29.07.1978




Photo taken from a space station porthole.
An astronaut with a camera and a magazine.
View of Earth from the porthole.
07.1978




Eating food on the space station.
Astronauts assemble solar panel sections.
Docking of the spacecraft with the station.
Manarov M.Kh. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
socio-political figure. Titov V.G. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union.
1987-1988




Kazakhstan, a herd of camels in the steppe.
Space communication antennas.




View of the Earth from space.




View of Earth from space; solar panels and other components of the station are in the foreground.




Space rocket launches.




Space rocket launches.




Satellite dishes.




Space flight under the Soyuz-Apollo program.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Kubasov V.N. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Hungarian People. Slayton D.K. -- American astronaut
test pilot
aeronautical engineer
Air Force Major
NASA Deputy Director for Flight Crew Operations. Stafford, T.P. -- American astronaut
fighter pilot
Air Force Lieutenant General
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad. Brand V.D.V. -- American astronaut
Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Colorado
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad.
07.1975




Space flight under the Soyuz-Apollo program.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Kubasov V.N. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Hungarian People. Slayton D.K. -- American astronaut
test pilot
aeronautical engineer
Air Force Major
NASA Deputy Director for Flight Crew Operations. Stafford, T.P. -- American astronaut
fighter pilot
Air Force Lieutenant General
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad. Brand V.D.V. -- American astronaut
Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Colorado
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad.
07.1975




Space flight under the Soyuz-Apollo program.
Leonov A.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Kubasov V.N. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Hero of the Hungarian People. Slayton D.K. -- American astronaut
test pilot
aeronautical engineer
Air Force Major
NASA Deputy Director for Flight Crew Operations. Stafford, T.P. -- American astronaut
fighter pilot
Air Force Lieutenant General
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad. Brand V.D.V. -- American astronaut
Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Colorado
Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad.
07.1975




Proton rocket in KIS.




Kaluga, Cosmonautics Museum, duplicate copy of Yuri Gagarin's rocket "Vostok-1" (two-stage rocket R-7).
Kaluga region




People around the rescue capsule.
Cosmonauts Rakesh Sharma, Yuri Malyshev, Gennady Strekalov sit in chairs, people stand around; first interviews immediately after landing.
Space communication antennas.
The crew heads to the rocket.
Malyshev Yu.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Sharma R. -- Indian cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
Test pilot of the Indian Ministry of Defense. Strekalov G.M. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
astronaut-researcher
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
04.1984




"Mir", expedition 10. Cosmonaut training on water, practicing evacuation from the descent vehicle.
Malyshev Yu.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Sharma R. -- Indian cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
Test pilot of the Indian Ministry of Defense. Grechko G.M. -- USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.




Cosmonaut training on water, practicing evacuation from the descent vehicle.




Cosmonaut training in the pool, working with underwater equipment.




Svetlana Savitskaya, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Igor Volk, flight of the Soyuz T-12 spacecraft to the Salyut-7 station, expedition 4. Observation of the cosmonauts from the Mission Control Center.
Landing of the descent vehicle.
The cosmonauts sit in their chairs, accept congratulations.
Interview for the media.
Chronicle of work on the space station.
Volk I.P. -- USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Test Pilot of the USSR
Hero of the Soviet Union. Dzhanibekov (Krysin) V.A. -- Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR
President of the Association of Cosmonautics Museums of Russia. Savitskaya S.E. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Aviation Major
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
07.1984




The launch of the Soyuz-10 space rocket.
People buy newspapers at a kiosk.
An article about the flight in the Izvestia newspaper.
The rocket at the launch.
Cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov, Alexey Eliseyev, and Nikolay Rukavishnikov file a report.
The crew climbs into the rocket.
The launch of the rocket.
The cosmonauts inside the ship.
Shatalov V.A. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Lieutenant General of Aviation
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Eliseev A.S. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Rukavishnikov N.N. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
04.1971




Testing equipment and training cosmonauts.
A dummy is taken out of the descent vehicle.
Ejection and landing with a parachute.
Ejection in a spacesuit from an airplane.
Water landing.
Testing protective suits for strength and tightness in the hydraulic channel.
Centrifuge.
Pre-flight check in the cabin of the spacecraft.
Thermal chamber.
Turntable.
Simulation of weightlessness on board an airplane.
Soundproofing chamber.
Rotor.
Gagarin Yu.A. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Nikolaev A.G. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Major General of Aviation
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Candidate of Technical Sciences
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Titov G.S. -- cosmonaut
2nd Soviet man in space
Doctor of Military Sciences
Associate Professor
Hero of the Soviet Union. Popovich P.R. -- Major General of Aviation
USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Nelyubov G.G. -- Soviet military pilot
member of the first team of Soviet cosmonauts.
1960-1961




Svetlana Savitskaya, Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov, pre-flight preparation and flight into space.
Savitskaya S.E. -- pilot-cosmonaut
Aviation Major
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Serebrov A.A. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union
developer and tester of spacecraft. Popov L.I. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
1982




One day aboard the space station (astronauts wash, brush their teeth, shave, do their daily chores, stamp envelopes, have dinner, get ready for bed).
Ryumin V.V. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Popov L.I. -- Soviet cosmonaut
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
1980




Astronauts in space, everyday work.
Titov V.G. - Soviet pilot-cosmonaut
Hero of the Soviet Union. Volk I.P. -- USSR pilot-cosmonaut
Honored Test Pilot of the USSR
Hero of the Soviet Union.




Views of the Earth from space.
Astronaut in outer space.