Number IN SUBS SUBTITLE TEXT IN SUPER SUPER TEXT MOVIESTART 01.00.01.00 SUPER 1 01:01:52:01 Yuri NikolaevichRadio operator 1. 01:01:55:01 In the 1990s, the Soviet Union collapsed 2. 01:02:03:18 In those years, Baikonur and the cosmodrome 3. 01:02:07:15 were no longer of any use: neither for Kazakhstan, nor for Russia. 4. 01:02:13:09 The historical events happened far from here 5. 01:02:16:02 We had been forgotten. 6. 01:02:24:04 However, the launches continued. 7. 01:03:15:00 The space is like the human soul 8. 01:03:18:00 and the human soul is unknown like the space 9. 01:03:21:04 The space is religion... 10. 01:03:23:07 It's a universal concept... 11. 01:03:30:11 But for me is the dream of a child 12. 01:03:33:04 that seemed impossible to realize 13. 01:03:35:24 and that finally a day became true. 14. 01:03:57:13 I am cosmonaut number 18: Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov 15. 01:04:02:08 First came the launch of the very first satellite, the Sputnik 16. 01:04:06:10 Then the launch of the very first dog into space 17. 01:04:21:00 Followed by the first man in space: Yuri Gagarin SUPER 2 01:04:15:13 Valery Kubasov Cosmonaut 18. 01:04:24:02 Finally, the first man that dida spacewalk: Leonov 19. 01:04:24:02 All these achievements are the Soviet Union’s. 20. 01:04:28:08 Before the Americans went to the moon. SUPER 3 01:04:38:09 Georgy GrechkoSpace engineer 21. 01:04:46:10 I was the person who calculated the Sputnik’s trajectory 22. 01:04:52:13 We supplied all the modules 23. 01:04:57:19 and the Sputnik followed the trajectory which I had mapped out 24. 01:05:02:13 I did all of this with one the only computer 25. 01:05:05:22 existing at that time in the Soviet Union. 26. 01:05:08:17 Nowadays, even children have two computers! 27. 01:05:11:05 At that time in Soviet Union only one! 28. 01:05:26:06 When we launched the Sputnik 29. 01:05:29:09 Only a short paragraph appeared in Pravda. 30. 01:05:36:01 Yet across the world all the newspapers were talking about it. 31. 01:05:40:22 The following day, so was Pravda! 32. 01:05:47:18 Today, everyone knows that there were 33. 01:05:51:08 three fundamental stages in cosmonautics: 34. 01:05:53:10 The first satellite, the first man in space and the moon landing. 35. 01:05:57:16 But in those days, no-one knew this. 36. 01:06:05:22 This is the first man in the space 37. 01:06:07:15 Yuri Gagarin, who everybody knows 38. 01:06:16:09 This is ValentinaTereshkova, the first woman in space 39. 01:06:19:10 She is Russian too 40. 01:06:22:09 This is Belyayev – he flew with Leonov 41. 01:06:24:22 Belyayev piloted the capsule 42. 01:06:29:13 while Leonov went out in space. SUPER_4 01:06:34:20 Alexey LeonovCosmonaut 43. 01:06:45:15 In 1965, at 9 a.m., the space mission Voskhod 2 was launched 44. 01:06:55:09 After we had entered into orbit 45. 01:07:01:23 I began to get ready to enter the decompression chamber 46. 01:07:05:11 I wore the space suit and the survival module 47. 01:07:12:06 I opened the hatch, ready for the mission 48. 01:07:22:09 Everything was quiet: 49. 01:07:25:03 I could hear my heart beating and my breathing 50. 01:07:33:22 I heard the commander’s voice saying: 51. 01:07:37:17 Attention, attention, for the first time ever 52. 01:07:41:01 A man is floating in open space 53. 01:07:47:20 And I thought to myself: who’s that? 54. 01:07:50:22 I didn’t realize that I was that man… 55. 01:08:10:18 I had achieved something completely new 56. 01:08:14:23 Even though six people had already flown before me 57. 01:08:19:02 None of them had gone out into open space 58. 01:08:27:09 My granddaughter always says to me: 59. 01:08:30:20 Grandpa, you are a great cosmonaut 60. 01:08:34:21 but a very mediocre painter 61. 01:08:48:14 The first Sputnik was launched in 1957 62. 01:08:51:12 Only two years later I was invited 63. 01:08:53:18 to the selection for the first group of cosmonauts 64. 01:09:04:20 Here I am with Gagarin 65. 01:09:17:12 An initial group of twenty candidates was chosen 66. 01:09:22:08 From three thousand fighter pilots, 67. 01:09:24:16 none of whom were more than thirty years old 68. 01:09:31:23 Nobody knew what was going to happen! 69. 01:09:54:15 I worked in the rocket factory 70. 01:09:58:20 I was a secretary and then a worker 71. 01:10:01:12 I built some parts of the spaceship 72. 01:10:09:14 This is me: Raissa Serghievna 73. 01:10:14:17 I worked near the main entrance of the factory 74. 01:10:18:02 Entering the factory you had to walk trough 75. 01:10:21:09 So when they came, they would walk right in front of us and say: 76. 01:10:25:13 “Hi girls, how are you, here we are!” 77. 01:10:27:22 We knew all the cosmonauts: Gagarin, Titov… 78. 01:10:37:13 Here I got my first medal for my work 79. 01:11:00:23 We knew them all 80. 01:11:02:13 but we had no idea of whom should go first in space 81. 01:11:06:18 One day they told us to go immediately in the red corner 82. 01:11:10:02 We didn’t know what was happening. 83. 01:11:15:05 They told us that they had an important announcement 84. 01:11:22:03 They told us: 85. 01:11:23:21 Gagarin! 86. 01:11:56:05 I remember that the 12th April 1961 87. 01:11:59:01 Was a very hot day 88. 01:12:05:10 In the evening the temperature dropped 89. 01:12:07:17 But during the day the temperature reached twenty degrees Celsius 90. 01:12:14:07 That day 91. 01:12:15:11 The era of humanity in space would start 92. 01:12:31:15 You are on the wrong way 93. 01:12:50:20 Yes, the place is called Klushino, take the bus, 94. 01:12:53:23 it’s about 10 kilometres from here 95. 01:13:04:09 Here we are, look, I got the fish! 96. 01:13:13:04 You have to go this way, then you go straight 97. 01:13:17:09 Then you pass the bridge and there is a bend to Klushino 98. 01:14:49:11 Here radio Moscow: 99. 01:14:55:12 My name in code was Zarija 3 100. 01:14:57:17 But to the other cosmonauts I was known as “The Blonde” 101. 01:15:04:17 I was the first person Gagarin spoke to 102. 01:15:13:05 He asked me which would be his orbit 103. 01:15:19:08 I was not allowed to tell him 104. 01:15:21:06 So I told the radio operator 105. 01:15:23:18 to say that everything was fine 106. 01:15:30:10 Gagarin heard my voice and said: 107. 01:15:34:12 Greetings to the Blonde: I’m off! 108. 01:15:39:18 That was Yuri Gagarin! 109. 01:15:51:24 I am Gagarin’s niece, my mother was his sister 110. 01:15:56:19 He was like an older brother to me 111. 01:15:56:19 He was thirteen years older than me 112. 01:16:00:02 and I have always thought of him as my older brother SUPER_5 01:16:08:01 Tamara FilatovaGagarin’s niece 113. 01:16:12:09 That day, for us, for the village’s people, the oldest ones 114. 01:16:15:17 Is a special day 115. 01:16:20:14 Because for those of them who lived through the war 116. 01:16:23:05 That day was like the day of liberation from the Nazis 117. 01:16:27:03 Like that day , the schools shut 118. 01:16:29:11 as well factories shut down 119. 01:16:34:17 Everybody went down in the streets, everybody was happy 120. 01:16:39:21 Today it is difficult to imagine such a thing 121. 01:16:45:10 What could surprise us so much nowadays? 122. 01:16:48:06 That was the fisrt man into space... 123. 01:16:52:11 But in those day there was enormous elation 124. 01:17:44:02 This is the past 125. 01:17:45:23 now everything has changed 126. 01:17:10:15 And everything is transformed 127. 01:17:53:09 Nowadays if you stop a young person in the street and ask 128. 01:17:57:01 who Gagarin is, he would say: a footballer! SUPER_6 01:18:09:05 Viktor GorbatkoCosmonaut 129. 01:18:14:12 That day we were doing some parachute jumps 130. 01:18:17:23 I was with Leonov, Bykovsky and others 131. 01:18:20:24 The weather was getting worse 132. 01:18:24:04 and we didn’t know whether to carry on or not 133. 01:18:29:19 Suddenly we heard an explosion in the distance 134. 01:18:33:07 We were ordered to land immediately 135. 01:18:39:14 And then something like a shockwave 136. 01:18:43:08 We didn’t fly again 137. 01:18:48:19 After fifty minutes 138. 01:18:53:07 We were told that Gagarin, along with the co pilot Seryoghin 139. 01:18:57:08 Was doing a flight training test 140. 01:19:02:13 And that the time was espired 141. 01:19:05:19 But that he had not returned to base 142. 01:19:14:19 They told us the site of the catastrophe 143. 01:19:19:19 And they brought us back the remains of Gagarin’s and Seryoghin’s bodies 144. 01:19:31:14 We felt huge pain and I began to tremble 145. 01:19:36:00 I could not believe what I was seeing with my own eyes SUPER_7 01:19:54:05 Igor KuznetsovGagarin’s friend 146. 01:20:02:07 This is the site where Gagarin’s catastrophe occurred 147. 01:20:05:05 It is here that in 27 March 1968their aeroplane crashed 148. 01:20:12:06 Gagarin’s flight is a milestone for all of humanity 149. 01:20:16:00 Thanks to him man left planet earth 150. 01:20:24:19 A unique event in the 20th century 151. 01:22:06:11 The powers decided to shut down the moon programme 152. 01:22:13:10 I believe that was a huge mistake 153. 01:22:16:12 Because we should have carried on the moon programme 154. 01:22:21:02 And sent a man to the moon 155. 01:22:24:03 At least he would have been a Soviet cosmonaut 156. 01:22:31:16 How small, it can’t be small! SUPER_8 01:22:34:20 Alexander SerebrovCosmonaut 157. 01:22:38:05 It’s not small, it’s a perfect fit 158. 01:22:41:05 I said so, it's perfect! 159. 01:22:43:16 What a Colonel ! 160. 01:22:48:21 The importance of space travel has not diminished 161. 01:22:51:22 but no one cares anymore 162. 01:22:54:01 now they care only about money and gossip. 163. 01:22:58:24 And even in case some new space programs were set 164. 01:23:00:23 Nobody would talk about them 165. 01:23:04:12 I celebrated two New Years Eves on board the MIR 166. 01:23:07:10 And I remember them with great joy 167. 01:23:14:06 I have plenty of good memories 168. 01:23:16:23 We had a marvellous crew 169. 01:23:20:16 And there was a real group spirit 170. 01:23:22:24 And our work was like a finely played symphony 171. 01:23:33:15 At that time, in the Soviet Union, there was more spirituality 172. 01:23:36:06 Nowadays spirituality no longer exists 173. 01:23:38:11 No one has any dreams any more and only money is important 174. 01:23:41:03 I just cannot stand this. 175. 01:24:21:04 I saw the collapse in 1993 176. 01:24:24:18 Buildings were abandoned, 177. 01:24:30:08 there were many robberies and murders, many terrible things 178. 01:24:36:22 All the people that was in Baykonur could tell you this 179. 01:24:44:16 Those were bad times 180. 01:24:47:16 But we still survived 181. 01:24:57:19 Spill the vodka Vladimir 182. 01:25:02:22 Let’s toast for the youths of our generation 183. 01:25:05:09 who were interested in space we loved it, yes we loved it 184. 01:25:09:04 And we were proud of it 185. 01:25:14:23 Cheers 186. 01:25:45:13 The way to the start 187. 01:25:48:04 was the same way that the others did before: 188. 01:25:50:18 Yuri, Gherman, Popovich, Nikolaev, Tereshkova, Bykovsky 189. 01:25:59:24 When you enter the spaceship 190. 01:26:04:16 Even if your heart is bumping 191. 01:26:07:19 You think: here I am. Yes! 192. 01:26:20:10 I heard a very low sound of the engines 193. 01:26:22:18 Because everything is sealed 194. 01:26:24:08 What makes you understand that you are taking off is the huge vibration 195. 01:26:30:18 The rocket starts shaking, everything is moving 196. 01:26:33:06 In that moment you understand that 197. 01:26:44:21 The rocket is leaving the ground 198. 01:26:38:14 And you think: “This is that moment” 199. 01:27:09:09 And when I suddenly became weightless 200. 01:27:12:02 I realized I was into orbit 201. 01:27:13:19 and my dream of flying in space has become true 202. 01:27:18:16 The silence is terrific 203. 01:27:20:23 From the porthole I see the sky 204. 01:27:22:23 deep and dark 205. 01:27:27:19 and the shining stars too 206. 01:27:30:08 I see the harmony of the constellations 207. 01:27:34:00 And I feel how beautiful and how marvellous is the creation 208. 01:27:38:20 And in that moment I really understand 209. 01:27:42:18 That we are part of 210. 01:27:45:06 the infinite universe