HELICOPTER CARRIES MODEL OF GARGARIN'S SPACESHIP

00/00/64 A0016619 NO DATELINE: RUSSIAN COSMONAUT YURI GARGARIN: UNCUT "YURI GARGARIN" SHOWS: SHOTS OF TEC, FIXING GARGARIN SPACE SUIT THEN HE SENDS HIM OFF: VARIOUS SHOTS OF TEC, AT THE CONTROL BOARD: ROCKET GOING UP: SHOT OF ASTRONAUT: ANIMATED SHOT OF THE ROCKET SEPARATING: SHOTS OF COSMONAUT IN THE CAPSULE: SOUND WAVE BOUNCING OFF TO EARTH: ANIMATED SHOTS OF THE CAPSULE ORBITING THE EARTH AND OF THE ASTRONAUT: (SHOT XX 50FT) GARGARIN, YURI ASTRONAUTS - USSR ROCKETS & MISSILES - USSR SPACE RESEARCH - USSR FROM MOVIETONE 164 - 509 / 3 50 FT / 16 NEG / DUPE

00:00:00:00 [Emergency session of Russian Congress of Peoples Deputies resumes; Parliament Chmn Ruslan Khasbulatov announces that he and Pres Boris Yeltsin have reached an agreement to cancel Yelt ...

See also "Gargarin to the Stars - version 1" for Russian commentary and some different footage. <br/> <br/>Soundtrack is currently missing for Reel 3. <br/> <br/>Continued - Reel 3. (Reel 1 is on *PM1349*; reel 2 is on *PM1287*.) C/U of two Russian words painted on the side of the spaceship Vostok (sp?) Various shots of the ship being assembled. Interior of the cabin - various shots. C/Us of control panels. (Procedures are described by the narrator.) Food supply, C/U of various tubes of foodstuff. M/S of scientist checking dials. Montage of shots of sunsets. C/U of Gagarin sleeping. Aerial shot of mountains, then aerial shots of a Russian village. (Lyrical voiceover about how man will always search for ways of breaking free from the earth.) Montage of landscape shots, agriculture, camels in the desert, apple blossom etc. Montage of animation material showing planets, stars, meteorites, an explosion. <br/> <br/>("Men will face those hazards, bold men, men of courage and fortitude" states the narrator over) shots of Gagarin being prepared for more testing. He is wired up to a machine. He smiles. M/S of Gagarin sitting down in a blue space suit. He is handed a wallet which he opens, looks at then places in his pocket (photographs of his family perhaps?) M/S of Gagarin in orange space suit. He is being made ready for the flight. C/U of bootlaces being tied. He walks off and boards the bus which will take him to the launching site in Siberia. Interior of the bus. He is embraced by a colleague who shakes his hands and kisses him. Gagarin wags his finger at him reproachfully. High angle shot of the bus, Gagarin shakes hands with friends, colleagues and officials. He walks towards the spaceship. ("No-one can vouch that this will not be his last journey.) <br/> <br/>Gagarin is transported up the side of the space rocket. M/S of Gagarin climbing into the capsule. Shot of him inside the capsule. C/Us of gauges and equipment. Gagarin performs pre takeoff tests. <br/> <br/>Shot of a Russian city clocktower. Various shots of city streets. C/U of a clockface. Interior of the command centre. Space ship takes off. Various shots of the space ship in the air. C/U of radar tracking system, control centre, animated planet. C/U of a radio announcer making a speech. Reaction shots of Russian people. A woman wipes the tears from her eyes. <br/> <br/>Animated sequence of spaceship circling the earth. Montage sequence showing transmitted images of Gagarin in space and workers at the control centre. Gagarin affirms that he is feeling fine and everything is under control. Spaceship travels around to the dark side. Gagarin opens his helmet and has some breakfast. (Gagarin speaks of what he can see from the spaceship.) Helicopter flies over African swamplands. This is where Gagarin will land. Descent. Image of Gagarin inside the spacecraft. (Radio announcer states that Gagarin has landed.) Cheering Russian crowds. Marching Russians. One man holds up a drawing he has done of Gagarin. <br/> <br/>C/U of smiling Gagarin. A Doctor takes his pulse. C/U of Gagarin speaking on the phone to Kruschev. Gagarin walks through cheering crowds. He is embraced by fellow Russians. On board an aircraft Gagarin relaxes. Switchboard operators put calls through, ("the whole world was clamouring for details.") A hero's welcome for Gagarin in Red Square. Various shots of Gagarin being feted, accompanied by Kruschev he meets and greets various dignitaries from many countries of the world. In the Kremlin he is awarded the order of Lenin and the Gold Star of a Hero of the Soviet Union. Firework display over Red Square. Rockets taking off. (Crescendo in majestic music). <br/>Note: originally 6 reels, this film has been spliced together to form 3 reels. Some sections of this film are colour faded.

See also "Gargarin to the Stars - version 1" for Russian commentary and some different footage. <br/> <br/>Reel 2. (Reels 1 and 3 are on *PM1349*.) <br/>C/U of two young boys looking at a large model spaceship. A model of Sputnik One is shown, then an animation showing how it would have moved through space. An animation of Sputnik Two is shown - image of the dog Laika is superimposed over the image of the spaceship - cute! An animated sequence shows Sputnik Three moving through space. <br/> <br/>Travelling shot of a large room of rocket designers working at their desks. Montage of industrial footage - foundry, factories, "machines capable of incredibly fast calculations" (computers) are shown. A woman operates a large keyboard which has a board with flashing buttons above it. People work in front of control panels. Various shots of rocket science equipment. Shielding from radiation - the Soviet Proton Cyclotron (?) is described and illustrated by an animated sequence. Science and engineering were working together for a new attack on space. <br/> <br/>Animated sequence showing multi-stage rockets. Various nice animation sequences showing space craft and planets. The map of the far side of the moon is discussed - an image of the moon has Russian writing superimposed showing various named aspects. <br/> <br/>Still photograph of Gagarin, various letters are placed on top of the photograph to illustrate the fact that Gagarin was asking to be trained as a space pilot. Selection processes are discussed with images of men undergoing health tests including being suspended upside down. C/U of a board covered with numbers. Man undergoes a concentration test. - confusing numbers are played through a loud speaker whilst he has to solve mathematical problems quickly. Torture! C/U of the man's ear. Good montage sequence showing how the astronaut has to keep calm and ignore the mind games. <br/> <br/>M/S of man strapped to a machine which swings him backwards and forwards for hours. Moving camera shows the disorientation which must result. Man on the swing seems to be in some kind of trance - he looks terrible and narrator states: "No, this man won't make a space pilot." C/U of his face, he wears a special helmet which records his reactions - he looks ill. His eyes are closed and his face is sweaty. <br/> <br/>Another man undergoes a vibration test. Man sits in a chair with lots of wires attached to him. Man in a white coat and hat watches his reactions to being subjected to relentless shaking. Another test is shown - man in a decompression chamber (?) Slightly sinister music accompanies this sequence of the man inside the special chamber whilst he is subjected to barometric (?) changes. C/U of woman monitoring the tests. C/U of changes being recorded on graph paper. C/U of the scientists. Rhythm of the heartbeat is illustrated. C/U of evil looking scientist looking through the window at his victim. C/U of man wearing large mask. Man being tested looks woozy, image of scientist becomes blurred. Man being tested closes his eyes and puts his head backwards. "Quick" says the scientist and the door is quickly opened. C/U of dials with pointers moving rapidly. The man is helped out of the chamber - he staggers. <br/> <br/>C/U of the lid of a film can being opened. (Russian words visible on the label of the can). We are shown an "actual film record" of the shortlisted candidates. Film of movie equipment being handed to the trainees which include Yuri Gagarin. M/S of two of the astronauts standing together, one looks through the cine camera. Sequence showing training of these men. Good sequence of them jogging through a wood wearing very small swimming trunks or underpants (!) They jump over trees, they play volleyball, swim, try to jump up and head a ball suspended in the air, dive into a swimming pool. C/U of Yuri climbing out of the pool. <br/> <br/>Montage sequence showing training exercises for the cosmonauts. Flying fox type jumps are undertaken, parachute jumps. Montage sequence showing the astronauts studying - astronomy, geophysics and rocketry. C/U of handle of barometric chamber being turned. Various footage of tests being performed. A space pilot is isolated and his reactions are recorded. After many weeks of isolation the space pilot emerges from the chamber. C/U of a man having electrodes attached to his scalp then a bandage wound around his head. C/U of another astronaut putting on a soft helmet with many wires attached. He is then subjected to enormous acceleration forces. We see a pilot being subjected to centrifugal forces. He is spun around at great speed. We then see weightlessness tests. Man bounces around an aircraft which is simulating weightlessness. Air pilot is subjected to other tests in a capsule. A meeting with Air Chief Marshal Vashidin (sp?) The space pilots including Gagarin sit around a conference table. The lid of the film can is replaced. <br/> <br/>M/S of scientists in 1960 working with delicate instruments which measure cosmic radiation. Many samples of flora and fauna of the earth are lined up to be taken on board. Mice are shown - they are placed in small cages to take on board. Cages are loaded into the space ship. Bekla and Strelka (sp?) space doggies. We see them being strapped into harnesses. Their automatic food dispensers are shown. C/U of the two dogs inside their capsule. Low angle of the capsule being lifted up to the space ship. When the container returns to earth, the dogs are fine. C/U of them in the capsule. The dogs are held up at a press conference for photographers and cameramen. <br/> <br/>C/U of Gagarin and his wife with their baby. Various shots of Gagarin at home. He drives away in his car. More images of training. Astronauts undergo more intensive training. Famous shots of centrifugal tests taking place. <br/>The "space race" is discussed. American scientists and engineers launch a small spaceship. M/S of three monkeys strapped into capsules for flight into space - they hold hands. Montage of footage of the chimps being tested, eating from tubes etc. C/U of one of the chimps, camera pans down. Doctors look into the eyes of one of the chimps. Another space craft is launched. Animated sequence of the capsule landing in the sea. C/U of the chimp who has returned to earth, his head is stroked. Cute. Various shots of a press conference for the American astronauts. NASA sign is seen behind them. Various shots of the men. Panning C/U of the men. American voiceover suggests that one of these men will soon be the first man in space. This was not to be. <br/> <br/>Russian astronauts descend steps from an aircraft. Footage of Gagarin addressing the State Commission. He stands and makes a speech (natural sound is slightly out of synch - may need to be adjusted if this item is required.) His speech is translated. He announces that he will live up to the trust of the Russian people. <br/> <br/>End of reel 2.

04/12/71 A0063052 USSR & SPACE ROUNDUP OF GARGARIN'S FIRST FLIGHT INTO SPACE: LN 22459 "GARGARIN TENTH" SHOWS: STILLS OF GAGARIN 5 SHOTTS: GAGARIN AND GOSMONAUTS INSPECTS VOSTOK ROCKET 3 SHOTS: THE FIRST ROCKET IS ASSEMBLED 3 SHOTS: GAGARIN PREPARES FOR FLIGHT HE GOES OUT TO VOSTOK 4 SHOTS: GAGARIN'S FAREWELLS BEFORE TAKEOFF: GAGARIN IN CAPSULE, COUNTDOWN FROM GROUND CONTORL BLASTOFF 6 SHOTS: CU GAGARIN IN CAPSULE IN SPACE: JOYFUL REACTION IN RUSSIAN TO FLIGHT 8 SHOTS: GAGARIN ON TRAVELS AT HOME IN RUSSIA 6 SHOTS: (SHOT 4/12/61 99FT) GASGARIN, YURI SPACE RESEARCH - USSR ROCKETS - USSR - (VOSTOK I) UPITN / 99 FT / 16 B&W / R33610

URI GARGARIN FIRST MAN IN SPACE

BREZHNEV AS A BOY. AS YOUNG MAN. 1941 NAZI AND SOVIETS. BREZHNEV IN UNIFORM. POST WAR VIEWING TROOPS IN RED SQUARE PARADE. WITH MEDALS ON UNIFORM. AT DESK. WITH YURI GARGARIN. IN HAVANA W/ CASTRO. WITH KOSYGIN AND FORD AND KISSINGER. SPEECH SHOT. WITH NIXON AT SAN CLEMENTE. INCLUDES CHUCK CONNORS WHO LIFTS BREZHNEV OFF GROUND.

See also "Gargarin to the Stars - version 1" for Russian commentary and some different footage. <br/>"Spoken by Bob Danvers Walker." "Produced by the Moscow Studio of Popular Science Films and the Central Studio of Documentary Films in the Soviet Union. Using data from the Institute of Space Medicine." Dupe neg from the title onwards. <br/> <br/>Montage of shots of the sky - clouds, an aircraft crosses the sky. Narrator speaks of the dream of conquering space. Speaks of how man has now entered space. Russian flag flies above a building. Shot of Moscow seen from a high balcony. Low angle shot of aircraft flying in formation. Shot from inside an aircraft of Yuri Gagarin walking down steps. Reverse shot of him walking down the steps onto a red carpet on the runway. Narrator states that "The truly great thing about him is that he is an ordinary man." Camera follows Gagarin as he approaches a podium. He approaches Kruschev, salutes and states that he has carried out his assignment. He makes a long speech whilst saluting. He is embraced by Kruschev who then has to wipe the tears from his eyes with a handkerchief. The crowd applauds, C/U of a smiling woman. Shots of the crowd. Gagarin embraces his wife or mother. Low angle shot of the world's press photographers and cameraman squeezed onto a platform. Various shots of Kruschev, Gagarin and the cheering crowds. Crowd lined streets seen from a moving vehicle. C/U of Gagarin, wife and Kruschev driving through the streets in an open topped car. Crowds wave small red flags. Man runs alongside the car and gives a bouquet of flowers to Gagarin's wife. M/S of group of smiling boys in uniform. High angle shot of the cortege. Travelling shots of the crowds and the cortege. Kruschev and Gagarin stand on a balcony (probably in Red Square). Good C/Us of cheering Russians. <br/> <br/>Kruschev makes a speech to vast crowds in Red Square - proudly announces that for the first time a human being has made a flight into space. Various shots of proud Russian faces, aerial shots of the crowds, C/U of Kruschev. Panning shot of dignitaries on the balcony. Kruschev's speech continues, drawing on Russian history. <br/> <br/>He speaks of Russian scientist Tibalshish (sp?) who lived at the end of the 19th century. He was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St Petersburg. Shot of a prison cell then of a facsimile of a drawing he made on the cell wall of a spaceship as he visualised it. Dissolve into a drawing of a primitive spaceship. Shots of the cell and an artist impression of Tibalshish. Pigeons settle on the ledge of the cell window. Shot of a church spire with an aircraft flying overhead. <br/> <br/>Panning shot of houses in a Russian village - Kaluga (sp?). Interior of one of the homes. Another scientist is shown working on a model spaceship. We see his statue but are not told his name (bizarrely!) <br/> <br/>Spaceship Vostok is spoken of by Krushchev. He speaks of how the work will go on and the astronauts will "continue probing the mysteries of nature." Crowds applaud. Still photograph of Lenin as the voiceover speaks of pioneer pilots. Shot of an airship passing over Red Square as Russians watch it through binoculars. Various shots of early airships and hot air balloons. Early film of aircraft. Exploration of the North Pole made possible by air travel. Low angle shot of Russian aircraft flying overhead. Montage of shots showing early Russian aviation, tickertape parade for a Russian pilot, cannons being fired to welcome Russian pilots to the United States, planes taking off etc. "Only natural then that the first man in space should be a pilot." <br/> <br/>High angle shot of parade in Red Square, cheering faces, flag waving etc. Krushchev and Gagarin hold hands and wave them in the air - a kind of victory gesture. A child on an adults shoulders cheers. Lots of shots of Russians gesturing to the balcony and reaction shots of Gagarin clasping his hands and waving. Majestic music on the soundtrack. <br/>C/U of Gagarin as he makes a speech to camera. His words are translated. He states that he is an "ordinary person." He tells his life history, this is illustrated by footage of the countryside around the place he was born - Smolensk (sp?) Narrator speaks of the war and we see ruins caused by the war. C/U of a soldier's helmet. M/S of a statue possibly commemorating the lives lost in the war. Landscape shots. <br/> <br/>Gagarin's educational history is described, accompanied by shots of his old schools. M/S of a Russian woman pruning a tree. Russian children in a playground. The girls skip rope, the boys play football. Gagarin joined a flying club when at school. M/S of group of boys who are in a flying club. Still photograph of young Gagarin. He then attended the Air Force school at Orienburg (sp?) Shots of the school and of young trainee pilots. Montage of shots of aircraft and budding pilots. Aircraft loops the loop. Aerial shots. <br/> <br/>M/S of men in uniform marching through city street. Probably Air Force. A man lectures flying students using a model plane. Good C/U. Interior of the flying school. C/U of his name and photograph on the Roll of Honour at the school. Gagarin graduated with honours. We see him speak again and he states that after the launch of the first Sputnik he dreamed of being a space pilot. <br/> <br/>Note: sound is slightly out of synch during natural sound speeches. <br/> <br/>End of reel 1. Reel 2 is on *PM1287*; reel 3 is also on *PM1349*. <br/>

SOVIET CROWDS HOLD BANNER WITH PHOTO OF YURI GARGARIN, FIRST MAN IN SPACE

MLS HUGE CROWD HOLDING PHOTO OF YUEI CHEER THEIR NATIONAL HERO, LOOKING DOWN FROM KREMLIN WALL. MS YURI GARGARIN IN MILITARY UNIFORM CLASPS HANDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FANS. space travel, astronaughts, space race.

14:07:28 NATURAL SOUND FTG. LS WREATH LAYING CEREMONY / CUTAWAY / CU PLAQUE ON KREMLIN WALL AT GAGARIN'S TOMB / PRESS / FIRST RUSSIAN COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN FILE - GAGARIN IN SPACE SHUTTLE / GAGARIN BEING HONORED / SOUNDBITE ( IN RUSSIAN ) OFFICIAL ON GAGARIN 14:10:09 BREAK 14:10:14 OFFICIAL LAYING FLOWER IN MEMORY OF GAGARIN / OFFICER LAYING FLOWER SALUTING 14:11:24 BOOK SELL ON GAGARIN 14:11:41 FILE ON GAGARIN IN SPACE / GARGARIN IN AIR FORCE OFFICER UNIFORM BEING HONORED 14:13:25 SOUNDBITE ( RUSSIAN ) SERGEI KRIKALEV COSMONAUT 14:13:46 FILE LAUNCHING SPACE SHUTTLE / HONORING GAGARIN / NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV HUGGING GAGARIN 14:14:11 BREAK

VARIOUS VIEWS COSMONAUT YURI GARGARIN CLIMBING UP STAIRS TO ELEVATOR WHICH TAKES HIM TO SPACECRAFT AT TOP OF ROCKETS. YURI IN HIS SPACE SUIT AND HELMET WAVES TO CROWD OF WORKERS BELOW BEFORE HE ENTERS ELEVATOR. CU AFTER BURNERS FIRING UP AS ROCKET KUFTS OFF PAD. MCU ROCKET LIFTING OFF IN SLOW MOTION. 4/12/61 YURI WAS FIRST HUMAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH. CU DISTORTED FACE SHOT OF GAGARIN DURING LIFT OFF.

03/28/68 A0048572 MOSCOW: RUSSIAN SPACEMAN YURI GAGARIN KILLED IN AIRCRASH: LN 4354 "GAGARIN OBIT" SHOWS: LS PARIS AIR SHOW - 1965 JUNE: MS GAGARIN TASLKING - PAN UP TO HIS SPACE CAPSULE: LS CAPSULE PAN DOWN TO GARGARIN: MS GAGARIN TALKING TO CHILDREN: GV PARIS LUNCHEON - JUNE 1965: MCU GAGARIN GREETED TO LUNCHEON BY OFFICIALS: MCU PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS: MCU GARGARIN - TILT DOWN AS HE SIGN AUTOGRAPHS: CU GAGARIN AT ITALIAN MEDAL PRESENTATION APRIL 1965: CU BOOK WITH GAGARIN PIX ON COVER (AT ITALIAN EMBASSY - MOSCOW): MCU GAGARIN GOES FORWARD AND RECEIVES AWARD (GOLD MEDAL): MCU CITATION BEIN READ OUT - FOR G AS FIRST MAN IN SPACE: CU GAGARIN STANDS LISTENING: (SHOT FILE FILM 60FT) GAGARIN, YURI SPACE RESEARCH - USSR USSR - GENERAL AIR ACCIDENTS - USSR UPITN / 60 FT / 16 FGM / POS / R25061 60 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG /

3/04/74 C0044199 - COLOR MORA, SWEDEN START OF THE VASALOPPET CROSS COUNTRY SKI RACE LNC 51137 "VASALOPPET" SHOWS: GV MASS START OF RACE CONFUSION AS 9,000 SET OFF: GV SKIERS AT STATE: MS SKIERS PASSING CAMERA: SKIERS: GV SKIERS DISAPPEAR ALONG COURSE: MS SMALL CHILD TAKES OFF: MS LEADING GROUP SEPARATES FROM THE PACK: MCU SKIERS FACES: MCU SKIERS FEET: MS SKIERS PASS CAMERA STRUNG OUT: CU LADY OFFICIAL POURING HOT DRINK: MS SKIER TAKING DRINK: MS MATTI KUDSKU THE WINNER IS WREATHED: MS IVAN GARGARIN USSR SECOND PEACE: MS THIRD PLACE LARS ARNE BOLLING:MS AND ZOOM ON WINNER: (SHOT 03/03/74 85FT) SWEDEN - MORA SKIING - 1974 (CROSS COUNTRY) KUDSKU, MATTI UPITN / 85 FT / 16 MM / COLOR / PRINT / R49165

AP-APTN-2330: Russia Space Monday, 11 April 2011 STORY:Russia Space- REPLAY Former woman cosmonaut criticises state of Russian space programme LENGTH: 02:50 FIRST RUN: 1530 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: English/Russian/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/AP PHOTOS STORY NUMBER: 683824 DATELINE: Moscow, 11 April 2011/file LENGTH: 02:50 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE SHOTLIST: AP Television - AP Clients Only Moscow - 11 April 2011 1. Monument of first man in space Yuri Gagarin at Moscow's Space Memorial Museum 2. Wide of museum's interior, first man in space Yuri Gagarin monument and first artificial satellite Sputnik mock-up 3. Satellite model, crowd in background 4. Poster with photo of Gargarin in space suit, reading (English) '50th anniversary of Yuri Gargarin space flight.' 5. Journalists 6. Stage with U.S. representative presenting collage of Yuri Gagarin photos to Russian Space Agency Roskosmos 7. Close-up collage, zoom out, head of Roskosmos Anatoly Perminov says "Thank you very much" in English 8. Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko (right), Yuri Gagarin's daughter Elena Gagarina (centre) and U.S. astronaut Thomas Stafford (left) listening to speech. 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Patten Stafford, U.S. astronaut, Apollo 10 commander, lunar program member: "They had a goal to be first. We were preparing, but they beat us. I think in the end it was probably better because after Gagarin's flight, then President Kennedy reacted back. So I'm saying that without Gagarin going first I probably wouldn't have gone to the Moon". 10. People looking at items on display 11. Large portrait of Gagarin alongside items on display 12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut: "Our competition with America was rushing, hurrying up the first man to space flight. And we had to accept this at that time, with the voluntary agreement of the cosmonauts themselves." 13. Wide of Argumenty I Fakty print house and press centre 14. Wide of press conference 15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Svetlana Savitskaya, cosmonaut, second woman in space, first woman to walk in space, Russian State Duma Deputy, member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation: "Cosmonautics in my opinion is one of the rare if not the only thing in our country today that is still left that our people can be proud of in this country. I mean, a citizen of our country, unfortunately the only thing now that he can be proud of are old Soviet developments. There's nothing new to be proud of in the last 20 years. Thank God, it has been preserved, this is a thing to be proud of, that at least it has been preserved. Let's hope we'll create something new." 16. Cameras filming press conference 17. Press conference ending, participants rising AP Photos - No Access Canada/For Broadcast Use Only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile FILE: Russian Federation - 21 August 1982 ++STILL++ 18. Soyuz T-7 Cosmonaut researcher Svetlana Savitskaya beginning preparations to dock their Soviet craft with the orbiting Salyut-6 space station AP Photos - No Access Canada/For Broadcast Use Only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile FILE: Moscow - 10 August 1984 ++STILL++ 19. Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya at a Moscow press conference AP Photos - No Access Canada/For Broadcast Use Only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile FILE: Moscow - 2 September 1982 ++STILL++ 20. Cosmonaut Savitskaya at a Moscow press conference STORYLINE: Russia risks losing its edge in space by relying exclusively on Soviet-era achievements and doing little to design new spacecraft, a Russian cosmonaut warned on Monday as the nation marked the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin. Svetlana Savitskaya, who flew two space missions in 1982 and 1984 and became the first woman to make a spacewalk, harshly criticised the Kremlin for paying little attention to achievements in space after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. "There's nothing new to be proud of in the last 20 years," said Savitskaya, a Communist Party member of Russia's parliament. Space officials from both Russia and the US and astronauts from around the world arrived paid tributes to Gagarin, whose 108-minute flight on April 12, 1961 spurred America to race for the moon. Guests at Moscow's space museum admired a huge monument to Gagarin as well as a model of Sputnik, the world's first satellite. U.S. officials presented a collage of Gagarin photos to Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia's space agency Roskosmos, to mark the event. American astronaut, Thomas Stafford, an Apollo 10 commander, said that without Gagarin's success he may have never gone to the moon. "We were preparing, but they (Russia) beat us. I think in the end it was probably better because after the Gagarin flight, then President Kennedy reacted back," he said. Stafford was the commander of the Apollo 10 mission that approached within eight miles (13 kilometres) of the moon in May 1969, the last U.S. mission before the U.S. moon landing three months later. Russian cosmonaut Valeri Kubasov also spoke about the space race between the two superpowers. "Our competition with America was rushing, hurrying up the first man to space flight," said Kubasov. On display at the celebration were a selection of items from that first flight and huge posters of a young Gagarin in his space suit, to mark the 50th anniversary event. 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