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"112".

"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. 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, with visual effects?

Lyosha, are you OK?

Why you didn't jump? We all almost turned grey!

Here, hide it.

And what will we say? Eh, Lyosha?

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 fault that is.

Who is the pilot?

Lieutenant Leonov.

There will be a special talk with him.

Honestly, he's crazy.

Send him to me.

We're just looking for ones.

Experimental Construction Department No 1. 1963

In 1965!

In 1965.

You all free.

I said, you are free.

How so, in 1965?

Why?

It was supposed to be in 1967.

By that year, Voskhod 2 could be prepared 100%. 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 side 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 spacecrafts.

The first one is a test.

We'll work over all our mistakes on it.

And then... our Voskhod 2 will fly. Thank God...

...we have the two best pilots.

How many combat missions did you have on the front?

Stop bugging me, Lyosha.

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, Lyosha.

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.

Lyosha, 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, Pasha.

Unwind!

Unwind!

Feet together!

- What? - Feet together!

Come along.

Come on.

Lyoshka!

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? What abut 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 reach the Moon on a bike.

But there are not such bikes.

Dinner is ready!

- Daddy, may I take the apple? - Hey, after dinner.

So let's go have dinner now.

Hi!

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, and everything will be fine.

That's good that you don't have a fracture, right?

That's really good!

An old injury got worse, but that's it.

That's such a trifle, that's "off", it'll heal up.

Some people get their head split open. But you got the 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.

- Go away! - And you'll understand 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 a hell out of here!

What happened, comrade Belyaev?

Go away from here!

Everything is fine, we figured it out.

- Go away! - OK.

What's there? Do you want me to scratch?

You scratch yourself.

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 calls it "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 first, right?

I feel, it would be better, if the cosmonaut can see where he is going...

...and get into the airlock head first.

Comrades, leave us for three minutes.

Go ahead.

- Me? - Yes.

How exactly do you want?

Head first? Please, show us.

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 happen?

We'd lose balance and crash.

That's who we are.

Go.

Yes, sir.

The drawing.

Leave it.

Yevgeny Anatolievich.

Something's wrong with Belyaev!

How?

Comrade Belyaev.

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.

The old pilot amazes me.

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!

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 in half an hour what occurred...

...with the electrics.

Yes, sir.

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.

Just a moment.

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 am I going to fly with now?

You are my workmate

- Why are you deserting me? - Lyosha, 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 coming! Fall in!

Ten-shun!

Run or not.

You can't outrun fate.

Things didn't work out for me.

Can't outrun?

Lyosha!

Lyosha!

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.

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 daddy.

- 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".

...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 to the Soviet government...

"...esteemed Communist Party...

"...and all Soviet people".

Good to see you, Leonid Ilyich.

Good evening, 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...

...is 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.

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 have died at three, when my father had been 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 only 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.

Wszystkie elementy steruj�ce dzia�aj� stabilnie.

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 maintaining 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 back soon.

Pasha, push me. Just a little bit.

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.

Lyosha, 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 that.

Almaz-2.

Moving into outer space...

...is permitted.

Lyosha, 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 it. 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, Zarya!

This is Almaz.

Man went into outer space.

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?

- 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.

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 do it.

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.

Pasha!

Are you smiling there?

I am.

I'm taking pictures.

Time is short. Take the photos and come back, Lyosha.

Oh, wait.

What's this?

What's with the pressure?

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 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 to depressurize the ship.

Copy, Zarya.

2 minutes. Standby.

If Belyaev cannot do it, the results of the colossal work...

...of thousands of 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, I 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! Damn it!

Run home immediately!

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, Pasha.

Go, go.

Well done.

Hurry up.

That's the only way.

Come on!

What a mess.

Try again!

Brace yourself!

Stop! Belay!

Don't you dare! Only feet first!

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 you 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 it.

I got stuck.

I can't move.

Lyosha, 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, Lyosha.

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 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 emerge from the dead zone in a minute.

Start calling.

Lyosha?

Lyosha, come back to Earth.

Almaz-2.

We are leaving 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's 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.

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 a long time, you need to sleep. There are 10 orbits ahead.

Later. 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.

"Lyosha," he said, "Just when you descend the ladder, to the left..."

..."you'll recognize me, by my hat."

Then to go to the country.

No, to the Kremlin first. Then to the country.

I wish you would draw instead, Lyosha.

Lyosha.

Lyosha!

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.

This is not air, but pure oxygen.

The tiniest spark and you'll burn instantly.

Copy!

What to do?

Turn off the main lighting.

Stand by for instructions.

Copy!

Where is the oxygen coming 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 tanks.

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. And he was a qualified specialist.

Do you see the density of wiring? And they 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.

Lyosha, shine the light here.

What will happen with them?

Numbness of the limbs at the beginning.

Then 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, Pasha.

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.

I see.

I see the detector.

Well done. Now the most important part.

Do you see a yellow wire?

Unplug it. It's behind the nest of wires.

Do you hear me?

Zarya, repeat.

Behind the nest of wires.

Repeat, Zarya!

Unplug the yellow wire. Behind the nest of wires.

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 it?

Where is your house?

Have you unplugged it? Almaz?

OK, I've found it.

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.

ls 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 of 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 through 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.

We got their parameters!

They are alive.

We are receiving signal 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 one.

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, Pasha.

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 is that?

We land it manually now, or they will keep us in the orbit.

In short, as Motherland would 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 sometimes 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.

Geting 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 the 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.

Lyosha.

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. - Done.

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, Lyosha.

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 areas.

Stay focused.

Let's wait...

...for 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...

...is still sleeping.

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.

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!

Blowing-off reserve retro engine.

Separation confirmed.

Get ready for instrument module separation. Blow-off!

Partial, the module hasn't been separated.

Lyosha, hold on! It's going to spin.

Okay! It came apart!

Alive?

Pasha?

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 to cool down.

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.

I'll be OK.

V-N.

V-N, V-N...

What's"V-N"?

V-N, "Everything normal".

Have you lost your mind?

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 of interfering with state secrets.

The Kremlin...

...is waiting for an official statement.

We have to do it tomorrow by 10 AM.

We have nothing to report 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 daylight now, right?

It's still daylight.

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.

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 planet Earth.

It was manned by two pilots and cosmonauts of the USSR...

...Lieutenant Colonel Pavel lvanovich 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 lvanovich Belyaev...

...and Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov...

...is a heavy and irreparable loss...

...for the whole nation of the Soviet Union.

They have been awarded the title of...

...Heroes of Soviet Union.

Posthumously.

Pasha.

Pasha.

Pasha.

Are you OK?

Don't sleep!

Hey, Pasha.

Pasha!

Don't think of sleeping! Don't sleep!

Pasha!

That's it, Lyosha.

Pavel Ivanovich.

Alright.

Do you know what we're going to do now?

We will reherse 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. - Yes, sir.

- Sakhalin. - Yes, sir.

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 him. - Yes, sir.

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 you can. - Yes, sir.

You hear?

You hear?

That's for us.

They've found us.

Where?

The flare gun.

Pasha.

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', we are almost out of fuel 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 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.

Lyosha, 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 need the exact coordinates.

20 miles south-east of Bereznyaky town.

The coordinates: 56 degrees, 37 minutes...

Thank you, Volodya.

Can I get something?

Something stronger?

Sure, Sergey Pavlovich.

Chkalovsky Aerodrome. Moscow Oblast 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.