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u.s. in iraq and wait in bosnia. and the world is marking half a century of space travel with a force well for one hundred sixty one russian cosmonaut yuri the government became the first man to reach out to the stars propelled into orbit. but the pioneers journey is not without its trials as one of the guardians space training. revealed to r.t. . if the lesson is best. known about thank you for being with us today you were part of the group of four officers who were preparing for the first manned space flight how many of you where when a group can you tell us about how the first costume out was picked.

the decision to enlist fighter pilots into the first group of trainee cosmonauts was made by sergey curry love as soviet union's had aerospace engineer who developed and launch the sputnik and the first manned space flight that friends ministry and a top soviet authorities approved that decision so the air force and the main and force hospital were assigned to pick the candidates for the first manned space flight and it will start from the hospital started traveling around regiments mainly in the central soviet union they picked out the profiles of three thousand five hundred fighter pilots four hundred fifty of them were sent to the hospital and out of that four hundred fifty vehicles hospital slightly twenty pilots who became the first regiment of soviet cosmonauts. but watch criteria where the pilots chosen. when people came to the regiment they looked at the pilots professional reports they had to be good pilots they had to be in the party of course and be recommended by the deputy commander on political affairs then i would hide it when

i walked into the political offices office the first for my regiments there was a man from the military counterintelligence unit standing by his side he gave me a paper to sign that said everything i was about to learn was national security information that could not be spread i signed it they sent me to see a doctor and i saw that the doctor had three medical reports in mind you have gagne comrades he would pilot a later space flight and korea serota we had a long talk and they asked me how i would feel if they recommended me for a medical commission to check if i could fly higher than one hundred kilometers i understood straight away what it was all about. how did you feel when you learned you were possibly going to space. when they told me i was going to fly it above one hundred kilometers i asked them if i was to ride a satellite there is no such thing as a cosmonaut in those days because it didn't even exist satellites were the only

things to fly to space at the time the first one having been launched in one nine hundred fifty seven did you get scared you. know i agree straight away it was voluntary by the way we were stationed in camps essentially a field where we were station was closed for repairs so we were sent to camps after we had our talk they told me i could go home it was three hundred kilometers away and talk to my wife about it but i only needed to think for a minutes at most before i agreed i would have a breath right how long did the final group of twenty privates train together. the group was put together in large one nine hundred sixty we met with love in september there were eighteen of us by that time two of us were eliminated because their health was not good enough they then split us into several groups as there was any one centrifuge to train on and it was in joke or ski the first six pilots were sent there to train we were to be sent there after they were done. over.

and what did your training consist of. we attended lectures on medicine high mathematics astronomy and so on arcade how me about how you first met god in you. i was the first of the cosmonauts to meet him i was sent to a military hospital the ward was empty when i arrived two days later he walked in he was stocky and smiled a lot he was wearing hospital clothes he introduced himself i introduced myself that was how we met. as you become friends straight away. our relations were very good even though we were all very worried i would want to you all must have had your doubts to just share them with each other. yes that was that there were forty five of us at the hospital after all every single day one of us was eliminated from the competition some were even decommissioned it before of us in the wards myself

guarin the owner of and another pilot whom the doctors told he could only ever be allowed to pilot a helicopter some of the pilots decided to leave before they would decommissioned we had our doubts too of course but i remember one time we all got together and said you're it said that too that we should go through the commission to the end it doesn't depend on us but let's give the medics all we can and see what happens. after all this time what is your opinion of that were who i like same my painting of him was and remains very good it was the sort of man that would not let you down in battle or in normal life he had a talent for guys they should good heads he had more experience than us in life he had been through a school a college the aviation club and the academy before it even started serving in the northern battalion one of his positive qualities was that his superiors his friends and his subordinates like to say that was important he had

a strong sense of juicy suit he said after his flight that his goal was for every pilot who came with him to fly to space he did his best to make that happen every pilot from the group of twelve who were not eliminated due to poor health well poor discipline they old gots to make next space flight. how did he do a revolver popularity in the people's love after the flight. i think he dealt with it just fine he never became stuck out all star struck like even some sportsmen do today i never sold out in him in that sense he stated a good level and try. to perform his real duty as a citizen and because not he loved children he was a man who embraced his work his publicist he and his family he wanted to make a second flight suit we even trained together when i was preparing for my first flight and he was planning to make his second we want to be in the same crew. and what did he tell you about his first flight the we are going to go to the

well he told me how zero gravity felt and said that space could and should be explored that was all he said pretty much. it will say that once you've made your first spaceflight it's like a truck you want to go back constantly or. you know even today when i meet people from star city or other cosmonauts when i visit launch pads i think i will come back to the launch pad this yeah will they regrettably i won't be able to fly myself so i'll be sending others i always dream of space when i come back home i was in a lunar program you know and i still sometimes flies to the moon in my dreams i very sorry that it will never happen i dedicated many years of my life to this profession starting from nine hundred sixty and quitting in one thousand nine hundred two i left my crew at the same time i left mission control. i read to you

mr earth when you were in space. my flights were always so short during my second flight i even asked mission control to prolong my mission it was supposed to last eighteen days but our landing was postponed due to bad weather in kazakstan i think you'd better ask this question to those who have been on six months or longer missions i was not tired of it i wanted to keep working and yes sure. how does the earth look from space was written where. it was beautiful i was especially impressed with the sunrise and sunset during my second flight we actually followed the sun on one of our orbit passes it was like the sun never sets off it was in the shadow and we could see the other half it was beyond words the earth itself is beautiful to the seas and oceans have the most beautiful color they don't blue in the middle in cremation assured when you look down you see mountains

desert cities huge rivers everything that there is on earth. but i think he believed in god. i believe in destiny whatever your destiny is it will happen you have to fight for it of course it doesn't just come to you. how do your spaceflight change your life on earth what british liberman you know where the flights have had an effect on my life of course i don't know how far along i would get in my career if i had refused the offer to become a cosmonaut i was a group commander and certified for deputy commander at the time i was going to attend the academy to switch to more advanced aircraft i was toilet at the mic seventeen at the time made nine teams were already in use and the introduction of the myth twenty one had begun it was my dream to pilot those planes i don't know how that would have turned out overall i'm grateful i can say i've made a huge career but that was never my goal the only unfulfilled dream i had was to go

on one more space mission but can't complain about my life anything is that my wife died very early we got married when i was still a pilot we started out together and stayed together until one thousand nine hundred seventy. one. doesn't hurt to be across one arts wife. never again was what she said after my second flight she got too worried although only three years later they offered me to go on another mission when i came home and told her she never said no. thank you very much for this interview. thank you and i wish you good health and happiness today in the fiftieth anniversary of your ignorance flight i would like to tell the viewers that we will continue exploring space just like when we started a nine hundred sixty one people can go to mars if they want to.

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cosmonauts and legal guardian became the first one to reach out to the stars i've been propelled into orbit. on these investments and it's time for sports updates with. have you with us this is sports today i mean i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. siberian steel me it's referred to carlos is missed the chance to move forward in the russian premier league following a scoreless draw with f.c. tall. tale of two cities second leg quarterfinal action gets going in the champions league later today with chelsea and manchester united again taking to the field. i'm writing the wrong became overturns the sending off of a key atlanta fear and finals much too but the result still stands meaning it's the

must go region meant betrayal sell about two zero and they could go on up the side . so full first with a fourth weekend of premier league action has wrapped up in russia with a points apiece for f.c. it's all on g. the size drawing mill in siberia a win for the visitors would have seen and she moved alongside the reaping and fourth sponsors new captain remarked the car less involved in a clear cut chance of the first half is through finding young linda beats the goalkeeper but not the cross for the czech constant threat all day for the young g defense. opportunities few and far between in the second period with perhaps alexander probably torn off coming close as late on nil nil the final score something rooted to the bottom on g. m d carle has got off the mark in the read of liverpool the fifty seven million dollars signing from

newcastle netting goals one and two and the three no win over manchester city on monday evening a big win for kenny dalglish in cold specially after their disappointing two on last. against west brom last time all three goals coming in first clutch hitting the target in between our legs braced the wind denting city's champions league qualifying hopes in a game where they lost influential forwards carlos tevez early on to a string of injury. we were all american sports tycoon stuck in crunk a dozen votes to turn arsenal bok into trophy winners after he secured a controlling stake in the gunners measure rising from almost thirty two just under sixty three percent he's now creates make an offer for the rest of the club arsenal haven't won a trophy since the f.a. cup in two thousand and five and they lie seven points behind manchester united in the league but they do all the game in front. ok let's turn to the constants were

another london i think chelsea face an uphill task of overturning a one nil deficit in the champions league tonight the blues take on monday night at old trafford in the second leg of their quarterfinal clash good news for under pressure chelsea boss carlo on chalabi is not he has a fully fits want to choose from for the first time this season is side lost the opening leg one nil for breach courtesy of wayne rooney's twenty fourth minute goal really himself he's back for united after missing something nice to know when a full on the first of a two game to match the first swearing at the t.v. camera real ferdinand also returns while brazilian fullback rafael is the only target for alex ferguson who. also ensures the shock to the nets faced the on at me to be overturning a five one deficit against tournament favorites barcelona much see the cesc who even stating it side have little chance of progressing through the semifinals

instead they're a mystery still works some pride. of course there's a little chance to progress it's obvious to every. body but it's important for us to retain our pride and we will do everything possible to retain our pride. but brings us to ice hockey where the cape shell have overturned a decision not so atlanta forward theodore fyodorov sent off during his side's second their current cup finals game but the result still stands meaning our plant continue to trail solid rock you live to nothing over although the incident took place in the second period of sunday's game a collision between furor. and team off seeing home side's forward forced to leave the ice with a serious knee injury not subsequently ruling them or for least the rest of the finals sure of picks up a five plus twenty minute penalty but went on to score two goals on

a power play especially winning game one on fuel rods penalty stood the former new jersey devils could have been done for up to five games but it's not available this week. but in a disciplinary committee the disciplinary committee has reversed a curator further of five plus twenty minute penalty the judge's decision has been recorded as an unintentional mistake this episode is very difficult in terms of interpretation of had lost control over the park just moments before and people tried to possess it as kind of accident is part of the game. brings us to basketball where the miami heat seal are sitting in the fast approaching n.b.a. playoffs after holding on for victory against atlanta lebron james having thirty four points to help his team lock up the number two spot in the east the two time defending league m.v.p. helping facilitate an excellent break leading to a wave way down here to heat up forty one thirty one midway through the second

longest bulk up so fought back against the star studded starters of miami to mean wilkins bringing the hawks and three points in the fourth james jones were dust any comeback hopes for the inspired home team with a pearl late three pointers and he taking it ninety eight ninety eight the florida man will not be number two in the east thanks to a loss than that. a clear court season has gotten underway in tennis with this stretch pivotal for the end of your writings on the opening day of the monte carlo masters almost provided on pleasant surprise to a top twenty player it being right that richard gask a was in for an eye opener against as beckett songs denise istomin their thirteenth seeded frenchman recovering however from a slow start to take the win i'd say six three six. his compatriot wilfred's tsonga had similar early struggles mance won at monaco twelve

seed losing the opener but dominated been suing to nj sats breaking his argentinian opponents six times four six six three six games to two how did indeed wish even little change up next for the french. in motor sport that many will be looking to build on it's david versus goliath reputation us a legendary vehicle returns to the world of reality and that many john cooper works is a larger car than its undersized predecessor but is hoping to make as big of an impact the original many gained prominence when it want to series of rally events in the one nine hundred sixty s. by taking advantage. it's a lightweight frame current drivers of christe meet the story well know how the task of going up against established giants such as subaru forward and citron all eyes will be on the new team when the db you insert genia on may fifth sordo however has the future in mind with the team set to race a full season starting in twenty two of. these i think returning four

for me on notional preferred four for the team is to be in contact from who introduced me. to for only six rallies. and therefore she's from so i think we need to prepare very well looking for the next. and finally following last week's slew of strikes in the russian premier league goals dried up somewhat this time around only nine in eight matches the tally with four of the netted in one game but still a potential goal of the season was among them here's the law.

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space is the backbone of our national security there is no substitute and there is

no alternative to military bombs and space. bombs on target real time element that's will about them us will be able to move through space ship. better. company. down the field and. count. and we must. be. several hundred. years of investment in the peaceful uses of outer space. this incredible investment from the united states and from the european union and canada other countries like this this is completely in jeopardy if we start putting weapons.