Animation showing the Soyuz spacecraft in flight. Spacecraft antennas pull pack. The Kurs antenna, Kurs rendezvous radar antenna, periscope and solar panels activate in space. On board footage feed shows Soviet cosmonauts in crew capsule during flight. Soyuz and Salyt spacecraft in flight.
Railroad train cars moving at a railroad yard in the Soviet Union. Antenna towers are seen in the background.
A Soviet pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft in flight. Aerial refueling between two Russian aircraft. Brief view of the two aircraft. Bomber receiving fuel is possibly a Tupolev Tu-16. The probe approaches and inserts into the drogue during a probe-and-drogue refueling.
View of a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in outer space. A camera shows a spacecraft separating during a maneuver. Animation shows a spacecraft docking maneuver. An astronaut performs spacewalk outside the spacecraft. The astronaut enters spacecraft. Footage of Soviet cosmonauts talking inside Russian spacecraft.
A Soyuz rocket on launch pad before liftoff in Soviet Union. The Russian rocket ignites and lifts off from launchpad. Rocket climbing upward as seen from the ground. A television screen showing static screen and a reel tape recorder playing. A tracking antenna tracks the Soyuz spacecraft. Animation depicts Soyuz aircraft in space. Tracking antennae at a control center. Soyuz docking with another spacecraft. Soviet cosmonauts inside spacecraft. Soviet scientists end engineers track the Soyuz at a mission control center.
Weightless Soviet cosmonauts working onboard a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit in outer space. The cosmonaut opens a toolbox and brings out tools. Aerial view of an area of earth as seen from outer space. A cosmonaut floats beside another cosmonaut reading a book or manual onboard spacecraft. The floating cosmonaut puts on a communications cap or Communications Carrier Assembly, and sits down. View of Soviet scientists and engineers in a Russian mission control center on earth managing the mission.