"112"
This is "112"
"112", why didn't you reply?
Fire in the engine
Can I use the extinguisher?
Belay extinguisher!
You won't be able to start the engine again!
That's affirmative
Drift down to 3000 feet, aim the plane to the field
And bail out, copy?
That's affirmative, drifting down
Markelov, did you prepare the plane? Markelov, are you deaf or what?
Did you remove the pin from the catapult?
"112", Leonov? What's going on there?
Why aren't you answering? I order you to...
Damn... He turned off the engine
What the... Drive straight to the runway - Yes, sir
Comrade colonel, the committee has arrived - Which committee!
General Kamanin
It's like he's blowing the engine
Come on, buddy... Buddy, come on
There we go!
Hold on!
Lyoha... Lyoha!
Markelov...
Scallywag
Comrade Lieutenant General! The commander of the 294th non integrated reconnoitring...
- At ease
And what are you doing here?
Circus performance, you know, with visual effects
Lyoha, are you OK?
Why you didn't jump? We all almost turned grey!
- Here, hide it
And what will we say? Eh, Lyoha?
- Well, uh, uh... We'll say we were saving expensive Soviet equipment
Come on!
The equipment isn't new... The engine went wack
But we'll deal with it and find whose that's fault
- Who is the pilot?
Lieutenant Leonov
Well, there will be a special talk with him
Honestly, he's crazy
- Send him to me
We're just looking for ones
The Time of Pioneer
Yevgeny Mironov
Konstantin Khabensky
Vladimir Ilyin
Anatoly Kotenyov, Alexandra Ursulyak, Alexandr Novin, Yelena Panova
Experimental Construction Department Nº 1. 1963
In 65th!
In 65th
You all free
I said, you are free
How so, in 65th?
Why?
It supposed to be in 67th
By that year Voskhod 2 could be prepared hundred-per-cent. Why?
Because the Americans have moved their flight
Now they are planning their spacewalk before us
It's unacceptable
But to allow an unprepared product into space
With "USSR" letters on its broadside... Is acceptable?
To fall flat on our face in front of the whole world. Is acceptable?
And get to heroic corpses instead of two alive heroes and cosmonauts
We'll prepare the spacecraft as carefully as we can
But the period of time is too short...
Two spacecraft
The first one is a test
We'll work over all our mistakes on it
And then... Our Voskhod 2 will fly
Sergey Pavlovich, but even if we can be on time with the two spacecraft
Voskhod must go almost immediately And I cannot understand...
How we are going to ensure absolute reliability of all systems
We'll work over the maximum amount of extraordinary situations then...
And then... Hope for people
Thank God, we have the two best pilots
How many combat missions did you have on the front?
Stop bugging me, Lyosh
We're approaching the disembarking point
The ceiling is really low. And the wind is increasing.
- How low? - Ceiling is 1300 feet, without light gaps
The wind is 12 points, gusty. Are we going back?
We are
Why? It's fun with the wind
With such a wind, it would be fun if out of ten times, at least one was without consequence. Take it!
Will we back off in space too?
There will be different instructions in space, Lyosh
What did they choose us for?
Why us, why not someone else?
I haven't thought about that yet
To handle impossible tasks
Eat, the apple is tasty
I'll eat at home
Lyosh, you didn't get it? We aren't jumping now
- Who's to say? - The instructions
Don't get bored, chap
Vlad!
Close
Stay calm, Pash
Unwind!
Feet together!
What?
Feet together!
Come along
Come on
Lyoha!
Don't touch
The bird won't come back if it knows that you touched them
Is it its house?
It is
And it also sleeps here?
Who knows
But dad, tell me, where does the bird sleep?
If you want to know, you'll find out. Come!
Lyoshka!
Let's go
The meaning is correct, but the form is not
There is a lack of formal tone
- Comrade general, permission to speak? - No
I'm sorry, may I ask...
Give a decree, so they let me visit lieutenant colonel Belyaev
- The doctors will decide - They have already decided...
But he doesn't want to see anyone... He's upset
I want to maintain my comrade's morale, please
- What's with your leg? - Oh, it just fell asleep
Leonov
Do you know why I didn't give you a kick in the pants yet?
Negative, sir
Neither do I
- Continue the training activity - Thank you
Comrade general, we'll do it!
Pavel will leave the hospital, and you'll see...
- Major Khrunov is your new partner - How so? But Pavel...?
Please, listen! That's not his fault, honestly. I jumped first, you understand...
- I provoked him... - I know, I read it in your report
Don't worry, Belyaev will rest for a while, get some treatment
The officer isn't young, almost forty
Let him regain his health
But we have no right to slow down the program
You are training with Khrunov for now
Yes, sir
The dinner is getting cold
Looks like it
Sveta, I've already told you, that "looks like it"
Is the worst compliment for an artist
It's not a compliment for an artist, but it's for a cosmonaut with a paintbrush
Who, by the way, could have become a very good artist
Please, you're blocking my light... But what about space?
For a real artist, in order to get into space
It's not necessary to fly there on a rocket
But I see the stars throught the ceiling
No, it's rather...
I don't see the ceiling, but only the sky
I would.. I would reach the Moon on a bike
But there are not such bikes
Dinner is ready!
Oh, daddy, may I take the apple?
- Hey, after dinner - So let's go have dinner now
Hiya!
Well, I see...
Right, keep silent
I will speak
So...
We start the program to restore physical form
I have just one life
And just one workmate too
I won't fly with others
Of course, I'm training with Khrunov now, but that's to keep the trainings going
And as soon as you're back, we go to the supervisors
And file a report for the medical board, understand, and everything will be fine
Woah...
That's good that you don't have a fracture, right?
That's really good!
An old injure got worse, but that is...
That's such a trifle, that's "off", it'll heal up
Some people get their head split open. But you a leg
Alexey, look at me and hear me
I will fly with you nowhere
And why do I disgust you so much?
That's not it
You have no fear, and that's bad
Hey, I'll tell you a story from my childhood...
- Get away! - And you'll understand at once what I'm talking about
You didn't understand me?
Don't be ridiculous. Leonov doesn't leave just like that?
I'll do my work now and then leave
Easy, easy
OK. Swing
And one, two..
One!
Two...
Let me help! Painful?
Ah! Get away!
What happened, comrade Belyaev?
Go away from here!
Everything is fine, we figured it out
Go away!
Right
Hello
What's there? Do you want me to scratch?
You scratch yourself
You know what I think?
And what do you think?
Move faster, is what
Yeah, indeed, right
How didn't I guess by myself?
The spacesuit is 90 pounds
Every extra movement causes the inertia
Also, you can't see anything when you go feet first
Well, then a break
No! Once more
In an hour
Why, during all those zero-gravity sessions,
Didn't you have any successful attempts of entry into the airlock?
What is the hindrance, comrade major?
Well, there are actually a number of reasons. One of them is... the spacesuit
Comrade chief designer, it's called "Eagle"...
But it's rather an asbestos coffin. Sorry
But I have a suggestion, can I?
Boris Victorovich!
So in order to pull up the tether and control your movements
You need more agility
Here, please, note – linkage joints
At the elbow, knee, carpal bends
For greater freedom of movement
- Did you draw it yourself? - Yes, sir
They correlate with the total pressure in the spacesuit...
Boys, making a spacesuit like that will take two or... two and a half years
- We don't have such time, comrade Leonov
- I see, Sergey Pavlovich
- But what if we shift the tether attachment point to the helmet
- Excuse me, what?
Why?
- Our cosmonaut enters the airlock feet foremost, right?
I feel, it would be better, if the cosmonaut can see where he is going
And get into the airlock head foremost
Comrades, leave us for three minutes
Go ahead
- Me? - Yes
How exactly do you want?
Head foremost? You are requested
Come on
Well
And now turn back to face the hatch
Why?
In order to close the outer hatch
Manually
But it's automatic
It's automatic 9 times of 10
Let's assume you are out of luck
And now imagine, that you are in an inflexible spacesuit
And oxygen is running out
- Have you imagined? - Yes
That's all, you're dead
And your mate too
Now we know, Sergey Pavlovich
We'll be working on the running task
And sorry for bothering you
Sergey Pavlovich
We are ready to fly even in shackles, even in mail
We're already people, who fly in shackles from birth
But imagine, if they were removed
What would be...
We'd lose balance and crash
That's who we are
Go
Yes, sir
The drawing
Leave it
Yevgeny Anatolievich
Belyaev is bad!
How?
Uhh...
Comrade Belyaev
Dear, what are you doing?
As you said, exercising the leg
But I meant little by little
Gradually, with time
I don't have time, Evgeny Anatolievich
Oh!
The old pilot amazes
- You know, what I like most about you, Khrunov? - What?
Your smile
Smile again
What a smile!
Pasha!
Welcome back!
Squad! Draw up!
Front leaning rest position!
I'm sorry
- Comrade Belyaev, join up - Yes, sir
- Welcome back! - Thank you
And one, two...
Experimental Construction Department Nº 1 120 days before launch
Nikishin!
It's time to go home and get enough sleep
Finish tomorrow
Sergey Pavlovich, people need rest
They've been toiling for three weeks three-shifts
Right after the visitation
Everyone will get a day off
One day
- Maybe, let's put the chairman of the committee in the spaceship
To feel like Gagarin and be content
Then to the celebration dinner and a kick in the pants
- A kick in the pants is OK
But no outsiders in the spaceship, even Brezhnev
What is it? Nikishin?
- Step aside
Shine it on the chest and head area
What?
Dead
- My God
I want to know exactly what happened
Exactly
Boris Evseevich, report back to me what occurred in half an hour
With the electrics
- Sure
I take it that the visitation is cancelled?
- No way! I want them to see all this
We desperately need them to see it
May they report back to whom they should
The beginning was better, comrade colonel
Half a second
Please, give it to Svetlana Egorovna
- Yes, sure - In honour of a nice sunny day
- OK - And her wise decision
- What is this? - Someone asked to give it to you
Put it here
So, comrade colonel
By now I don't have claim to you
Let's change the workload, and then we'll check the pressure
Well, for our ladies!
Hooray!
And...
By the way, what do I call a lady who is a cosmonaut?
Female cosmonaut or lady cosmonaut?
We've said already, "for ladies"...
How did it go with the medical commission?
What did they say?
Didn't let me pass. Their decision
Stop, wait a second...
What do you mean, "decision"?
What did they give as a reason?
Anything specific?
"No go. Age, injuries," they say
"You can't run well with a bum leg"
- I see
So you backed off?
So who I'm going to fly with now?
You are my workmate
- Why are you deserting me? - Lyosh, what are you up to?
Am I your workmate?
There is your workmate
We don't serve our own whims, but the common goal
The doctors are right, I'm ill-suited for the task
I don't care about the doctors. If I fly, it's only with you
Are you really going to run in space?
- The Chief Designer is going! Fall in!
'ten-shun!
Run or not
You can't outrun fate
Things didn't work out for me
Can't outrun?
Lyosh!
It seems we must conquer space without them now
Are you out of your mind, comrade major?
Do you want to be thrown out of the squad?
Comrade general! Permission to speak, sir?
Did you want anything, comrade Leonov?
Did you see him running? Did you?
So he's able. Not half able
- That's all? - Yes. I mean yes, sir
- You're free - Yes, sir
You're free
I'd like to see the results of the medical commission
"Zero gravity"
Almaz-2 in the airlock
Well done, Almaz
Well, we'll see...
About that
The day of the launch of the unmanned test module
Well, comrades cosmonauts...
During the test operations, we'll make a film about your everyday life
I feel myself Muslim Magomayev
It's good, that not Edita Pyekha
Scene 1, take 3
Today we gathered here not to celebrate victory
But to verify
The possibility of victory
- Attention, get ready and... start - Come to dad
- Daddy! Ouch! - Easy, easy
Stop
Let's go again
"Key to ignition"
I had a bad dream
Hey, what a silly thing...
Stop
The launch of an unmanned module
Will be implemented today
At 10:30 am Moscow time
"Record 2"
As you know, the ship will reach an orbit for testing purposes
"Key on drainage"
- Come on, Svet, people are here, really - That's OK
"The space farewell", part 2, scene 3, take 1
Our task is to run a full test of the machinery
"Ignition"
All key parts of Voskhod 2, including inflatable airlock,
Will be understood to be fully tested
Once the unmanned module returns to Earth
"Start"
Dad!
We must be sure about the accuracy of our calculations
Before the launch of the spacecraft with
Pilots-cosmonauts: Pavel Belyaev and Alexey Leonov
"The spacecraft has reached the orbit"
Our heroes, who we pin a special mission
"The airlock is open"
We will go outside the capsule for the first time ever
And have a spacewalk in outer space
"Conditional spacewalk has been implemented"
The success of this flight will help us in reaching the moment
When we can be with space as equals
Be like friends
Take heed!
"Attention! The connection with the test module has been lost"
"Repeat, the connection with the test module has been lost"
Confirm, observing the cloud of wreckage
Good to see you, Sergey Pavlovich
- Good to see you - You are kindly requested
"I pledge the Soviet government"
"Esteemed Communist Party"
"All soviet people"
Good to see you, Leonid Ilyich
Wait a moment, Sergey Pavlovich
Let's finish the movie and talk
I don't have time to watch a movie
I can feel Earth slipping under foot
It doesn't slip under foot, only for those who make no headway
And you're Korolyov, engine for progress
I have a complete report here with all technical details
Let me try to tell you in short
If something isn't clear, ask
I know...
The spacecraft reached the orbit
Conditional spacewalk was implemented
Now repeat the same
With two cosmonauts. And get a Gold Star
- But the spacecraft fell apart. We don't know why. Don't have data
- Was there a spacewalk?
Conditionally, yes
Now do it unconditionally
The United States want to launch their spacecraft in May
Our Voskhod must fly before
So that the whole world knows
That we are the first
Our space time is happening. Soviet time
The time of pioneers
I don't care if the Americans will launch first
I understand that the main thing for us, for our country...
Not to fall flat on our face
But
While I manage all this
An unprepared spacecraft won't go to space
All the more, if my people are inside
Only over my dead body
- Is that a fact? - Yes
You know what
Think over that
And get to work tomorrow
There is no one but you
Our indispensable
When did you rest last?
Rest is for the tired
I'm not
Maybe, you are not, but your heart says the opposite
My heart is capricious
But I hope we'll make a deal
- You know, I don't want to scare you
But it can happen any moment. In your place, you know...
- Thank you, doctor, that you're not in my place
Thank you, that you're in yours
It was an honour to meet you
Goodbye
Cosmonaut's hotel. Baikonur. One day before launch
I wonder, is it snowing in Moscow too?
If so, if I can to ski with the girls
Yeah, right... Build a snowman, get some pie
Did we prepare for nothing?
Enjoy yourself if you want
We won't fly?
I don't think anything
There is the regulation
We've spent so much time and effort
All sizzle, no steak. But the regulation
What do they have for a head?
What do you want?
You want Korolyov to trust luck and appoint the launch?
- Not luck, Pasha, we took apart that ship
Cog by cog, and put it back together
I have confidence in it like in my own mother
But you're just standing and packing
Do you think you're the only one who wants to fly to space?
I want it as much as..
OK, well...
As Motherland will say...
Do I need your orders?
I won't back off
Yes?
- Good morning, Sergey Pavlovich - Good morning, comrade Chief Designer
Good morning
- You've been up for a while? - No, just got up
Drinking tea
As you know, the test flight failed
Launching Voskhod 2 with people is too risky
We'll repeatedly launch an empty module on your rocket
We'll build a new one in a year
And you'll fly
- Alright
Why are you upset? The fact that the Americans will be the first?
Sergey Pavlovich, we are in peak of physical condition. We worked over...
Three thousand emergency situations
- There will be 3001st, 3002nd, and 3003rd in space
I can't let you go, that's death
Eagles
Without an obituary
- Why did you come then?
You're a hillbilly
Yes, Listvyanka village
That's next to Kemerovo
I could die at three, when my father was taken away as "enemy of the people"
And we were inked as "family of saboteurs"
The neighbours raided at once
Took food at first, the furniture, then house
Put us out on the street in the frost
Mom was pregnant
And we, eight kids
The neighbour came back, took off my outerwear, I stayed like that
In a long shirt
Thank God, the older sister with her husband sheltered us
A room in a dormitory for workers
170 square feet for all
My place was just under the bed
But so what, we survived
Then the war
All men to the front
The rest to mobile hospitals, to recreate the industry, defense
And to study... My mom brought me to school, I had a look...
I'm proud, standing. She looked at my feet
The ice melted into puddles. I didn't have shoes
But so what, we withstood, we survived
Then the Victory, yes. But at what price... All uncles, brothers were dead
And the whole country like that, every family
Sergey Pavlovich
We went through that
We have so much left
Not to get scared of an emergency situation
I'll gnaw through a hole in the hatch and go out
Sergey Pavlovich
We are ready to take a risk
Strong tea
See you later
Attention!
Comrade general!
We are ready for launch
Report back to comrade Brezhnev and comrade Kosygin
That spaceship Voskhod 2 is ready for launch
Yes, sir
Zarya, this is Almaz, we are ready
Attention! We are one minute to launch
Key to ignition
Key to ignition go
Venting
Venting go
Key on drainage
Key on drainage go
Launch
Launch go
Ignition
Ignition go
Intermediate
Intermediate go
Main stage
Main stage go
Start
Start go
Good luck
Eagles
Lift off
Lift off contact confirmed
All systems work well
25
30
The rocket construction parameters are good
50
60
Pitch, yaw, roll are all good
70
The flight is going well
"Attention! This is Moscow broadcast"
We are broadcasting across all radio stations...
And the Central Television of the Soviet Union
Today, March 18th, 1965, at 10 am
Artificial satellite and spaceship Voskhod 2
Was placed in the orbit of planet Earth
With the ship continuously maintained radio contact
Comrades Belyaev and Leonov are carrying out their work...
"In accordance with the flight program"
Zarya, this is Almaz
Slight vibration
All devices are working normally
Feeling excellent
We stand ready to implement the task
Almaz, start to implement the task
Copy, Zarya
Elongating the airlock
Zarya, the airlock has been elongated. We're starting to equalize the pressure in the airlock
Zarya, getting ready to enter the airlock
Zarya, the airlock pressure has been equalized
Switching to the oxygen supply from the backpack
Zarya, the spacesuit is pressure-tight, opening the inner hatch of the airlock
Don't get bored
I'll be soon
Pash, push me. Just a little bit.
Ooh
This is Almaz-2
I'm in the airlock
Almaz-2, copy
Zarya, this is Almaz, closing the inner hatch of the airlock
Zarya, this is Almaz, starting to depressurize the airlock
Almaz-2, pressure-relief in the airlock is 5 minutes
Pressure is elevated, but within range
Almaz-2, your oxygen consumption is above normal
Lyosh, breath evenly
I'm almost not breathing
Attention, get ready
Zarya, the airlock pressure is zero
Opening the outer hatch of the airlock
Almaz-2, give a status report
This is Almaz-2, reporting
Everything is going well
Ready to go outside the ship
Begin moving into outer space
Copy
Almaz-2
Moving into outer space
Is permitted
Lyosh, make two trips
The first is for testing, with loads
The second one, for taking photos
Copy, Almaz
Zarya!
This is Almaz-2
I'm on the edge of the airlock
Feeling...
Excellent!
I see clouds, the sea below
Caucasus range
Right now! Just passed
I see sky
I see land
Volga! Right below
Good working conditions!
Almaz-2, get ready for departure
Yes, copy that
Remove the lens cap from the camera
I've removed. I've removed the lens cap
Where can I put it?
Where?
Just throw it away
- Copy
Throwing away
Zarya, this is Almaz-2
Pulling out the tether
"Soviet Cosmovision is sharing another broadcast from space"
From the Voskhod 2 spaceship
We are witnessing the event
That just yesterday we spoke of only as fantasy...
Almaz-2
Begin push off
Almaz-2, you can depart
OK, OK, wait a sec
Well, I'm off
Zvezda, Zary!
This is Almaz
Man went into outer space
He's now in free flight
"Today, March 18th, 1965..."
At 11:35 am Moscow time...
During the flight of spaceship Voskhod 2
The first ever spacewalk has been implemented; the first man has gone...
Into outer space
On the second orbit of the flight
The second pilot, cosmonaut Major Leonov Alexey Arkhipovich
In a special spacesuit
With an autonomous life support system
Went into
Outer space
Dad is a real cosmonaut!
Real!
So, now we only need to learn docking
And then we can form space forces
Great job! Everyone did well!
Stay focused!
Comrade general
The Kremlin is on the line
They ask to connect directly with the cosmonaut
Well then connect them
- Put them through - Yes, sir
Lyosha?
- Yes?
- Lyosha?
- Yes?
Who is this?
Brezhnev is on the line
Leonid Ilyich?
Whoa
- How are you doing, son? - Reporting
My mind is clear, my vision is not disturbed
Spatial orientation is normal
Man can work in outer space
Man can work...
...in outer space
- Oh, yeah.. I see how you're tumbling around out there
The whole country is watching you
And the whole world
Thank you
- We are proud of you
Thanks. Really thank you
You come back alive, above all
That's an order, do you hear me?
Proud to serve the Soviet Union
What are his parameters?
Pressure and temperature slightly going up, but in general...
All parameters are good
The air?
The air lasts 27 minutes
Let's move to the next step
Almaz-2
Get ready for push off to test the reaction of vestibular apparatus
For the position of the body in space
Let's go!
Almaz-2, how do you feel?
Excellent
Ready for the last stage for pictures
His pressure rose to 140 over 90. Pulse...
125, temperature 98 F
He's worried
Who wouldn't be?
Almaz-2
Take a couple of photos and go back home
But without sudden movements
- Slowly - That's affirmative
Pash!
Are you smiling there?
I am
I'm taking pictures
Time is short, take the photos and go back, Lyosh
Oh, wait
What's this?
What's with the pressure?
Almaz-2, are you OK?
Almaz, what's going on there?
Almaz-2 is not replying
There was a knock on the spaceship hull
Visual contact with Almaz-2 was lost
What's with the connection?
- All devices work well
Technically, the connection isn't broken
- What are his parameters? - Pressure, pulse, temperature...
All are rising
Almaz, continue calling Almaz-2
Repeat, Almaz, continue calling Almaz-2
Everything went too well, too seamlessly
Stop all on-air broadcasts
- Yes, sir
"We are presenting to the audience the ballet of Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
"The Tale of the Stone Flower"
"On the stage of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre... "
We'll wait
Almaz-2, do you read me, over?
Almaz-2, over?
Zarya, cannot connect with Almaz-2
Continue trying
Sergey Pavlovich
There are certain instructions for this situation
If Almaz-2 cannot get back to the ship
We have to get ready to blow-off the airlock
Pressure 155 over 100
Pulse 150, temperature 101 F
Zarya, this is Almaz
Permission to go out to the airlock?
How long to the dead zone?
It's about 5 minutes until conection is lost
- Sergey Pavlovich, the exit of the second cosmonaut means...
The full depressurizing of the ship
- And they will have to come back by themselves
There won't be any connection
- And how will the ship behave after the depressurization
Only God knows
- Start praying then
- Sergey Pavlovich
If we blow-off the airlock, only one cosmonaut will die
If you give the order, both could die
Almaz, get ready for depressurizing the ship
Copy, Zarya
2 minutes. Standby
If Belyaev cannot do it, the results of the colossal work
Of thousands Soviet citizens will stay in orbit
- Now I think not about thousands, but about two
Zarya, this is Almaz
I'm ready to go to the airlock
Waiting for the order
We don't have any right to fail the whole space program
For one man
One minute until the dead zone
Cancel the command, Sergey Pavlovich
What are the parameters of Almaz-2
Pressure 170 over 110, pulse 165
Temperature 102 F
Alive
He's alive
Got it?
Zarya, this is Almaz, repeat, ready to go out to the airlock
Waiting for the order
I'm sure you know what you're doing
30 seconds until entering the dead zone
Zarya, repeat, waiting for the command
Start depressurizing the ship
15
There he is! Almaz-2. Next to the airlock!
Zarya, confirming! Almaz-2 is next to the airlock
Almaz-2!
Run off home!
They are in the dead zone
What happened?
- The spacesuit is inflating
Arms, legs, fingers... I can hardly move
Why were you silent?
- Didn't want to bother you all
I see
OK
So, how much oxygen do I have?
A tad
Lyosha, hurry up
Lyosha, there's no time at all
Take the camera and get into the ship
OK, OK... Taking the camera, Pash
Go, go
Well done
Go it, try
That's the only way
Come on!
What a mess
Try, try!
Brace yourself!
Stop!
Belay! Don't you dare! Only feet foremost!
Close
Close!
I said close!
Do it!
It hasn't closed, right?
No
I see
So, I have to turn around and close it manually
That won't work, Lyosha
But what are the other options?
I'll open the hatch
Pull you up
- And depressurize the ship
- So, we'll take the risk
What? To risk the whole operation?
No, Pasha
I'll try
Lyosha!
Lyosha, no!
Lyosha!
Stop! You only had a tiny bit of air
Now you won't have anything at all
So, you can blow me off together with the airlock
You're bull-headed!
Damn
I got stuck
I can't move
Lyosh, talk less, save air
OK, I'm silent
And what if we put... The leg
Like this!
Go, go!
Come on, Lyosha
Go, go, go
Yes! The airlock is pressure-tight! Well done!
Now hold on
Hold on a couple of minutes at the least
Lyosha
Lyosha, no!
- That's all - What?
My race is over
Good job, Lyosh
OK, I see, but can you tell us?
I understand, but what does it mean?
Okay
Thanks
Well, they say that the flight is going in normal mode
Lyosha always answers like that, when someone disturbs him from work. Or...
Or when everything is bad
The demonstrations were held in honour of the flight in Moscow and Leningrad
Svetlana Leonova called
- Tea? - No, thank you
She asked what's what. She's worried
Why is she worried? Anything happen? No
Voskhod 2 is going to escape the dead zone in a minute
Start calling
Lyosha?
Lyosha, come back to Earth
Almaz-2
We are escaping the dead zone
Hey, I was thinking
Next time
- When we fly to the Moon...
Command Center is on the line
We’ll be getting a scolding now
Almaz, this is Zarya, do you read me?
Zarya, this is Almaz, reading you loud and clear
Almaz, what is with Almaz-2?
Zarya, Almaz-2 reads you loud and clear too
What a rascal
Almaz-2
Welcome back
Thank you for your service
Thank you
Proud to serve to the Soviet...
Why didn't you get in touch?
Zarya, we had some problems with the connection
We couldn't establish the reason why
- Almaz-2...
You can't answer for yourself?
I confirm
Zarya, everything is alright here
We are ready to blow-off the airlock
- Get ready
To blow-off the airlock
Getting ready to blow-off the airlock
Almaz's, we need to remind you, that we implemented the test cycle
Only until this stage
We don't know what can happen after blowing off the airlock
Be ready for everything
It can't get any worse
Almaz, check the pressure in the cabin
- The pressure in the cabin is normal
Check the contact of the igniters
- There is contact, ready to blow-off the airlock
Blow-off
Zarya, the blow-off is complete
Depressurizing or other faults are not observed
But it spun
How much has it spun? Almaz?
Approximately...
20 degrees on the contour
We can turn on the auto-orientation, it will stabilize
And burn all the fuel intended for a manual landing?
Sergey Pavlovich, I can put my neck on the line for the automation
The manual landing won't be needed
Almaz's, how do you feel?
We feel good, Zarya
So...
Let's go for a spin?
It's 15 orbits before entering the landing zone
It's about 22 hours
What do you think, will you endure it?
We will, Zarya
Hold on, Eagles
Hold on
22 hours
It's like going to Tuapse
In the upper berth
The 20th hour of the flight. 2 hours to run the cycle of the automatic landing
Hey, it's been long time, you need to sleep. There are 10 orbits ahead
It will keep! I need to finish the drawing
Tretyakov Gallery is waiting
- Tretyakov Gallery? - And what did you think?
The first picture made in space
That isn't a drawing flowers in pots
They will hang it right next to "Morning in a Pine Forest"
Do you know, how they called me to go to the art Academy?
They kept the place until the last moment
- Why didn't you go? - What's the point?
You can fly and paint
But paint and fly... It's unlikely
Well... What's about me, they called me to visit Cuba
- You? - Yep
You know, they called right from the embassy to the ship
Congratulated...
"Come here," they say, "Pavel Ivanovich, for holidays."
- Ah... But where was I? - I don't know, you went somewhere
- Right
Brezhnev congratulated me at the same time
He said, he will come to the airport to meet me
"Lyosh," he said, "Just when you descend the ladder, to the left..."
"You'll recognize me, by my hat..."
Then to go to the country
Not, to the Kremlin first. Then to the country
I wish you would draw instead, Lyosh
Lyosh
Lyosh!
How do you feel? Normal?
Yeah, just a little bit queasy
But it should be that way
- What's with the oxygen? - One moment
No way
Almost 300
Call
Zarya, this is Almaz
The partial pressure is twice above normal here
- What's the exact value?
296..
And still rising
Almaz's
No sudden movements
There is not air, but pure oxygen
The littlest spark and you'll burn instantly
Copy
What to do?
Turn off the main lighting
Stand by for instructions
Copy
Where is the oxygen from?
They'll find out
- There is a leak somewhere... - From the backpacks?
Leonov left his in the airlock... So, it's Belyaev's?
And the value is 296 at once? Because of just one backpack?
Then it's from one of the compensation leakage tank
But there are not any failures in the system
Tightness of the cabin isn't damaged either
Maybe the hatch shifted away during the blow-off?
But then we would see a drastic temperature drop
Comrades, their pulse and pressure are decreasing
It will be oxygen toxicity soon
We need a blueprint of the central ceiling zone
The most detailed
Almaz, most likely there is a micro fissure
It's useless trying to search it, it's not dangerous by itself
But the system has detected the leak and automatically started pumping air
The compensation detector can only be turned off manually
You'll have to disassemble something
That's affirmative
Sergey Pavlovich! We must not do it! Everything is under voltage there
- Do you have any other options?
Almaz
Right above you, at the central ceiling zone
The compensation leakage detector is set next to the flap for dropping pressure
Cut the upholstery on the contour
This is a gamble... Remember...
During assemblage, the technician died. But he was a qualified specialist
Do you see the density of wiring, and the have no tools and no light
My God
Zarya, we've cut the upholstery
The detector system is set behind the wires
To get to it, you need to cut the binding holding the wires
Copy, Zarya
Lyosh, shine it here
What will happen with them?
Numbness of the limbs at the beginning
Painful muscle spasms
All these amid a background of partial hearing loss and visual hallucinations
Stop!
Easy... Easy...
Hold on, hold on...
Easy...
Carefully
Let me do it
And you'll shine the light
Then they will fall asleep
At the end
Fall asleep? That's all?
Exactly
That's all
Almaz
I'll do it
Almaz, do you hear me?
Hold on
Hold on, Pash
Almaz
Do do you hear me?
Almaz
Almaz, do you hear me?
Pasha, you're shining the light so well
Evenly
So bright
Good
That's good
Ah, Zarya
I see
See
I see the detector
Well done, now the most important...
Do you see a yellow wire?
Unplug it. It's behind the nest of wires
Nest of wires
Do you hear me?
Zarya, repeat
Behind the nest of wires
Repeat, Zarya
Unplug the yellow.. Behind the nest of wires
Ah...
The nest
That's where it lives
- I didn't get you, Almaz
That's where it sleeps. That's her house
- What house?
I didn't get you, Almaz, repeat
We'll unplug it
- Did you unplug?
Where is your house?
Have you unplugged it? Almaz?
OK, I've found
Hold on, Pasha
Almaz
Almaz, do you hear me?
Have you unplugged it?
Don't be silent, speak! Have you unplugged it? Almaz?
Almaz, Almaz...
There is no signal. The ship is out of the field of vision
The system of automatic orientation...
Will run before escaping the dead zone
Cycle 4 will land them
Do they have a chance?
- Mama? - Yes?
Is it night in space too?
It is
Go to sleep
Is daddy sleeping too?
Sure
Everyone should sleep
When I wake up...
Will daddy fly back?
He will try
He will really really try
22nd hour of the flight. 25 minutes past the cycle automatic landing run
We've been waiting for the signal, but it's silence yet
There is no visual contact too
Disgusting
A crowd of strong healthy men sitting like couch potatoes
And sighing like it's a funeral
If we cannot help our comrades
Let's not hold a premature funeral
Ma'am
Please, coffee for everybody. And me too
Look, let's think logically
The ship should have land 23 minutes ago
Perhaps during the re-entry the atmosphere it was off course
And it ended up at an unplanned area
- You're repeating yourself, Boris Viktorovich
"Probably, perhaps, it seems..."
Give me the calculations for all landing possibilities
- Sure
Prepare the calculations
- We can't wait any more
Let's send some aircraft to search from the air
Sergey Pavlovich, there is a call from Kremlin. They want to congratulate the successful...
- They will call back
- Yes, sir
Their parameters!
They are alive
We are receiving from the ship
Signal, there is a signal
This is Almaz, over
- Tell them, Korolyov left to meet the cosmonauts
Almaz
We read you
We are you? We are you, Eagles?
In the seats
We didn't go anywhere
- Zarya, this is Almaz
We feel normal
Cycle 4 hasn't been run
Repeat, cycle 4 hasn't been run
Just escaping the dead zone
Sergey Pavlovich, I...
I don't have an explanation yet
Perhaps, the spin of the ship was too strong
That's an extraordinary situation
Oh, is it really? It's not the first
Did anyone count them?
- I did
Let's try to restart the system
And land them on in the next orbit
We don't have right to land them in the next orbit
The ship will be passing rival territory
The guys should be returned to Earth
And you will be dealing with the territory later
Zarya, this is Almaz
Permission to switch the ship to manual control immediately
And implement the landing right now, over
Almaz, we need to calculate the landing point for that
We don't have enough time for that now
Sergey Pavlovich! Don't worry! We have all calculations
So, I guesstimated here...
We'll land in the Urals. Somewhere in the Perm area
Lyosha!
Be reasonable. Is that calculations?
"He guesstimated," "Somewhere in the Perm area."
On the other hand, they both are experienced pilots
- But nobody ever landed a spaceship in a manual mode
Manual control, it's like, I don't know...
A straw for a drowning
Exclusively only for desperate situations
And what is the situation now?
Sergey Pavlovich
For a minute
That's it
The meeting has begun
Now they will gather everyone
Choose the Chairman
Then they will listen to a speaker
Start the discussion
And you asked me why I didn't reply?
I would be pushing up daisies by now
Come on, we will land our clunker, Pash
We landed a lot more rust buckets in our day
You will land it, won't you?
- We don't have any other option - Why that?
Or we land it manually now, or they will keep us in the orbit
In short, as Motherland will say
You think they won't permit it?
I wouldn't
We are not sisters of mercy, Sergey Pavlovich
State secrets are not subjects for experiments
- Honestly, I don't get you
Or I do, but that's even worse
Are you offering to keep them in orbit?
Do I get you right?
- We are at war
Cold, but quite real
What if they end up in Europe?
Or, God forbid, fly into China
All the secrets of our space program will fall into the hands of the enemy
- So what? Should they just stay like that?
So that they won't "fly into somewhere"?
- They are soldiers
And the soldiers have to die. In the interest of their state
- I see
OK, well...
The thought isn't new, but...
Constructive. Thanks. Thanks.
Maybe, I'll think about it
Almaz
This is Zarya
Switching to manual control...
Is permitted
Start with sealing the spacesuits
"Zarya", copy that
Get started
It's good that you're not the one who decides
"Zarya", repeat, landing area is approximately...
Lyosha, they can't hear you
They'll find us somehow. If we land
Let's land right on Red Square?
Enough talk, start stabilization of the spaceship
It seems we've aligned
You see! You can when you want
All we need now is to make it to Earth
Lyosh
I'm crammed in
And how...
How am I supposed to see?
Maybe I should go out?
Direct it
I'm ready!
West
- Done
South-west
North
- No, no! North-west
- North or north-west? - Easy, easy, easy...
Clockwise
Okay, gently. Even more gently
Yes, now west - Done
Too much! Back it up! Stop! Stop!
All over again!
Ready
West
West!
- Pasha, we're losing time
- That won't work, Lyosh
I'll do it myself
- What are you doing? The gravity center will shift
- Free the seat
So where should I go?
Go there, under the porthole
I'll try
OK, hold my legs
- I'm holding
Lyosha, I'll take aim
And we'll very carefully
Quiet as little mice
Sit back
- Do it quick, buddy. Otherwise we'll land in China
- Don't rush me. If I slip up, we'll fly into space
Easy
Back to the seats
Is the Earth steady?
It's drifting
- How much? - About 7 degrees already
- What's with the nitrogen?
Almost at zero
Lyosha, are you attached?
Yep
Retro engine run has been detected
It'd be great to know where they will end up
We'll end up in jail, if anything
But they will land
The telemetry detected some inclination
It seems, they left their seats to take aim
And when they were sitting back, the gravity center shifted
- So what?
The landing path can change
- Sergey Pavlovich, can I?
With the inclination over six or seven degrees
They will get into the atmosphere
With a very acute angle
The spaceship might ricochet off
And get back to the orbit again
The gravity will pull them back...
- But that won't be soon
Boris Viktorovich, calculate all possible landing positions
Stay focused
Let's wait
The transmitter signal
And hope...
For the best
Is it Thursday?
Or Friday?
I have no idea
You think the children have got up?
I wonder if Vika went to the daycare or again...
Lyosha, don't worry
If I slipped up, then in about three years...
The gravity will work anyway
Be buried with honours
So...
Let's have a bite to eat
Hoo oo!
How about that! What delicacies!
Borscht
It's a pity there's no garlic
Do you want some?
Lyosha!
You are...
Seems like gravity
Belay the delicacies! Going home!
That's affirmative, comrade commander!
Blow-off reserve retro engine
Separation confirmed
Get ready for instrument module separation. Blow-off!
Partial, the module hasn't been separated
Lyosh, hold on! It's going to spin
Okay! It came apart!
Alive?
Pash?
Yes, I am!
- You fool!
- Were you scared? - Why'd you do that?
- Done? - Yeah
Let's go?
Ready?
It will be loud
Wait a sec
- So are you ready? - Yep
3 hours after the landing
"We are at square 24, no signal"
"Square 22, still nothing"
"...in the whole short-wave range, no signal. Continue searching"
Why, with all the power of Soviet science,
We cannot detect one radio beacon
In a given square!
The signal disappeared during re-entry into the atmosphere. It can mean...
It can't
We need specific versions
Sergey Pavlovich
Apparently, they landed somewhere we didn't expect
A full-scaled search operation has been deployed
You need cool it
And get some rest
- I'll get rest when we've found them
What are the assumptions?
First, the beacon might be broken from a hard landing
Second, they might have damaged it when they were cutting the upholstery
- They have a portable transmitter for that case
To send signals manually
So why can't we detect it?
The batteries of the transmitter don't work at low temperature
- So what? It wouldn't dawn upon them how to warm a battery?
- First they have to work out how to warm themselves
The spacesuits, unplugged from the life support system, are not designed for low temperature
- They cannot shelter in the capsule as well. It will be like a freezer in an hour
Perhaps, the radio waves just cannot pass
The quality of a short-wave signal depends a lot on a terrain and weather conditions
- Let's say they turned out to be in adverse weather conditions
How long can they hold out?
A day
Taiga. It's turning off the signal
But we will use Morse code
We'll make it with good old Morse code
Morse code is very reliable
You'd better winterize, Alexey
- It will keep
V-N
V-N, V-N...
What's "V-N"?
V-N, "Everything normal"
Do you have a conscience?
They've landed, our eagles! V-N!
- What? - It's V-N. "Everything normal"
- So you're "everything normal"?
- Hey, wait! It will be the most interesting moment now...
... Rescue operation - Don't worry, they will rescue them without you
They will show everything on TV tomorrow
- Ahh, why do you always... - Go, go..
Enough to intervene in state secrets
The Kremlin
...is waiting an official statement
We have to do it tomorrow by 10 AM
We have nothing to make yet
Sergey Pavlovich, you need to get some rest
Nothing depends on you now
There is a plenty of time until the morning, if we don't waste it
Comrade lieutenant general! Permission to speak...
The weather report has come. Heavy snowfall is expected all over the Ural ridge
An Arctic cyclone is moving there
The temperature will fall to -31 F at night
- At night
But it's still day now, right?
It's still day
6 hours after landing
If they have got the signal, it's about two hours for triangulation...
So they are going to come soon
They'll be soon
If they got it
Here
Your turn
Chill out
We knew what we were getting into
If they find the journal,
Consider, the task is completed
What do you mean completed?
Did you forget about your girls?
They are ironing your uniform. Preparing to meet their dad alive
You understand? Alive
Not a frozen piece of mammoth shit
No, buddy
Give me a hand
No!
My family won't forgive me for this
Who will take Vika to school for the first time?
So here it is, comrade Belyaev
There wasn't an order to give up
Don't get bored, I'll be back soon
Alright
Pass the order
Put everything into the air that flies
Double the search area
Yes, sir
General Kamanin's order...
Send the text for the record of the message
Which one, Nikolay Petrovich?
Both variants
Good evening, comrades
"death of the crew"
May I have some water?
I'm ready
"Ready"
March 18th
1965
In the Soviet Union, for the purpose of testing,
The Voskhod 2 spacecraft was sent to the orbit of Earth planet
It was manned by two pilots and cosmonauts of the USSR
Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Belyaev
And Major Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov
During the test flight, which lasted more than a day...
During the landing, the ropes of the parachute twisted
And the spaceship continued falling with a high speed
Which was the cause of
Death of the crew
Are you guys off your rocker? You kidding us?
Hey!
Where are you?
Ain't you got no brains?
We are alive here!
Hey! We're alive
Are you deaf or what?
Hey!
We're alive
Hey, we're alive
"...Untimely death"
Of the remarkable researchers and cosmonauts
Pavel Ivanovich Belyaev
And Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov
Is a heavy and irreparable loss
For the whole of the Soviet people
They have been awarded the title of
Heroes of Soviet Union
Posthumously
Pasha
Are you OK?
Don't sleep!
Hey, Pash
Pash
Don't think of sleep! Don't sleep!
Pash
That's it, Lyosh
Pavel Ivanovich
Alright
Do you know what we're going to do now?
We will rehearse the speech for the reporters
- Because you're always standing like a... - You'll handle it by yourself
You're a hero now
- Am I? Nah
You were a hero when I just helped to farm cows
And you'd already been to war
How many battle flights did you already have! And I was only dreaming about the sky
- One
One what?
One flight
And I didn't even shoot
The older guys fought, and we, younger guys, prepared the planes
Swept the aerodrome
And finally, they gave me a battle flight
I thought, here is my turn!
Maybe I'll be useful for something
The enemy didn't attack us
We flew and returned to the base
As if we didn't even fly
And on the next day they capitulated
Well, here's your "hero"
Pavel Belyaev
Do you know...
Why I went to flight school?
- Why? - The allowance was bigger than in the art Academy
Right now I would be painting my pictures living on easy street
But no. The whole world saw how I dangled from the tether
It was inflated so much, I almost shit my spacesuit
Here is a conqueror of space Alexey Leonov
Pashka, forgive me
That I got you into this
No, no
That's good
What's good?
It's good that
You didn't become an artist
Otherwise, who else would I fly with so well
Maybe we'll fly again
Depends on what Motherland will say
What the Motherland will say
They've landed
Successfully
Asking for help
But nobody's coming to them
But they will come for you, and you'll go to jail
Very successful
But I won't have anyone to ask for help
But how else?
9 hours from the landing
The weather turned bad
I have to pause the search operation
I see...
As soon as the storm stops...
- Yes, yes... Of course
We have to inform...
The families
Sergey Pavlovich, maybe...
We shouldn't hurry?
But what do you want?
Do you want them to hear about it from the radio announcer?
We've got the signal!
Sergey Pavlovich, it seems... We've got the signal
- What you mean, "it seems..."
- I'm sorry, comrade Lieutenant General
There was a call from the Committee
Some radio fan from Sakhalin got in touch with them
He says, he accidentally got a signal from the cosmonauts
Accidentally? How's that an accident?
- Accidentally...
Radio fan...
Sakhalin...
Which square?
According the triangulation it turns out... square 62nd
- Do we have anyone at the 62nd?
Yes, we have one helicopter within a mile from there
- Call - Call him
Craft '216'! The signal from the cosmonauts was located at the 62nd square
You are the closest. Try to gain visual contact
Repeat, try to gain visual contact
This is '216'
I'm at square 62
The meteorological conditions are bad
- Continue the search while they can - Yes, sir
You hear?
That's for us
They've found us
Where?
The flare gun
Pash
Where's the flare gun?
Did I lose it?
Uh? Klutz
Commander, the tanks are almost dry
We should get back, or we might not make it to the base
This is '216', the fuel is almost out here
They have to get back
- Let them get back - Yes, sir
'216', return to base
'216'
This is Korolyov
Sergey
What's your name?
Major Markelov
And by your first name?
Vladimir
Volodya, listen to me
Somewhere on the trees there
There must be a chute
It's really big
Noticeable
Please, look closely
It's hard not to notice it
Do you hear me?
That's affirmative
What's the...
Where did I put it, ah?
Why all half-assed
Come on, help
Lyosh, help, it froze
Pashka!
Here you go, man
Hold on...
We have emergency fuel. We must go
Lyosha, give a signal. Can't see anything
Hold on, Pashka
You're the man
Wait... I'll help you
Hold on
Commander! We must leave, or we won't make it to the base
This is '216'
We can't see the chute
There is no a signal from the cosmonauts
We tried
We are sorry
- Can't bend my fingers - Come on, do it slowly
Pasha, do it slowly
Come on... Come on
- I can't
'216', return to base
That's affirmative, going back
This is '216'!
A flare!
Signal flare!
- Send the rescue team
'216', we're copying the exact coordinates
20 miles south-east of Bereznyaky town
The coordinates: 56 degrees, 37 hours...
Thank you
Volodya
Can I get something?
Sure, Sergey Pavlovich
Chkalovsky Aerodrome. Moscow Oblast (Region). The third day after the launch
Daddy!
Dad!
Lyoshka!
What are you doing, kid? Where did you go in the middle of the night?
She sleeps anywhere
Who?
The bird
That's good for you!
Weren't you scared?
Your heart is beating fast
- Did you run around? - No, dad, I didn't run
I flew
"This is Moscow broadcast."
This is Moscow broadcast
The Telegraph Agency of the USSR message
March 19th, at 12:02 pm Moscow time
The Voskhod 2 spaceship
That was manned by the crew, consisting of
The commander, Colonel Belyaev Pavel Ivanovich
And the second pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Leonov Alexey Arkhipovich
Has landed successfully
In the area of Perm city
Comrades Belyaev and Leonov are well
"Dedicated to my friend and commander, Pavel Ivanovich Balyaev," A. Leonov
Huge thanks to Isaac and Elizabeth for their invaluable help with the translation