our milk
cartons, the triangular ones.
Only 20 times larger.
And they're thrown out into open space.
- I'm sorry but...
- Don't worry.
It will not litter the outer space.
The point is that a package
self-destructs in 24 hours.
Now, friends, please proceed
to the exit.
Nice meeting you.
Today l'm going at last to let you in
on the secret of this door.
This is your wardroom.
Surprise.
We wanted to alleviate your
living beyond your native earth.
That's why we created
this wardroom.
Here you can rest,
go in for sports,
celebrate holidays,
your birthdays.
On these stands
you can recreate
a hundred versions of nature's
nooks familiar to you,
your familiar premises.
I'm going to punch the code of
one of your familiar interiors.
What is this? My apartment?
Yes, Pasha, this is your apartment.
There're the apartments of
each of you here.
Wow!
What's this finger?
We had this pointing finger
simulated at the request of A.S.A.
And this is one of the places
in Middle Russia.
Mishka, the grass feels just like real.
- Can I touch the water?
- Go ahead.
And stroke the tomcat?
Here he is again.
All right, stroke him.
- Is he real?
- I don't know.
Katya, don't get carried away.
- Why?
- You may dig into the sky.
Well, let's go.
Can we have a stadium simulated?
I think you can.
- And a rocky shore?
- If you try real hard.
And a zoo?
Try it, try it.
You mean that anything
can be simulated here?
No, not everything.
Well.
You're familiar with the entire
ship now.
My mission has been completed.
I'd like to wish you all,
your commander
and scientific supervisor
a sound and healthy sleep.
Tomorrow you start.
The night is gone, as the pain is gone,
Earth is asleep, yes, let her rest.
The Earth has to go a way as long
As life, as we have to go in our quest.
I'll take along this big world,
Every day, every hour that has passed.
Should I forget something,
The stars may not accept us.
Should I forget something,
The stars may not accept us.
I'll take along the earthly birds'
singing,
I'll take the splashing of forest
springs,
I'll take the summer showers'
lightning,
The snow-clad fields, the whisper of
winds.
I'll take along this big world,
Every day, every hour that has passed.
Should I forget something,
The stars may not accept us.
Earth - "Dawn" - Cassiopeia
Six pioneers of the Universe
The Russians are carrying out
a fantastic experiment.
Six young cosmonauts, members
of the Pioneer Organization,
are becoming the pioneers
of interstellar flights.
Our crew will be
in flight for 50 years.
Fifty years by the clock
of our starship.
While on Earth, hundreds of
years will pass in meantime.
And our envoys will be welcomed
back by future generations.
It is a space trip
beyond the Solar system.
For hundred of years now the Soviet
starship has been flying
towards the star of Alpha,
constellation Cassiopeia.
The young people have
stood all the tests
and, by their characteristics,
fully meet
present-day requirements.
We have to interrupt our program.
You took advantage of my trip
to Africa. Stop the flight.
- Are you all right?
- Yes, l'm all right.
Don't worry, the crew has
gone through all the tests
and, by their characteristics,
fully meets your requirements.
I know, you deliberately
sent me to Africa.
Not exactly.
Try to understand, I haven't
finished my experiments on mice.
Experiments on mice...
He's all right.
Your student, Varvara Kuteishchikova,
has successfully finished them.
And still, I emphatically protest!
I congratulate the "Dawn" crew
on the successful completion
of the flight's first stage.
According to the telemetry data,
all systems are working.
Varvara, do you hear me?
Yes, Aleksandr lvanovich.
How many experimental mice
have you had?
Twenty-seven.
- All our mice?
- All ours.
- How many have survived?
- All twenty-seven.
And Pafnuty, too?
He was so weak.
Pafnuty is alive.
- Alive?
- Yes,