And this is the information picture of space friday, april 12. Our broadcast will continue with an exclusive interview with the first female cosmonaut of belarus, vasilevskaya, immediately after the editors club. Ill say goodbye with this, have a nice evening and have a nice weekend. Happily. We watch the launch of a rocket with a piloted ship. There was an automatic launch exchange, lights out, on that day, march 21, 2024, at the baikanur cosmodrome in minsk, all over belarus they were breathing equally heavily, everyone understood that there was a fragile launch vehicle there at the very top a girl, a belarusian, who. By that time everyone was already calling our marina, of course the state was very excited, the start was canceled literally the last seconds before the engine started, very exciting its even difficult to find words about this, im very worried, only Marina Vasilevskaya was so concentrated, so collected and prepared psychologically that at the moment of cancellation. Roscosmos recorded her pulse was 66. This film is about how the story of one little girl in the photo became an achievement of an independent country. First, marina, i really want to congratulate you on this award, a high award, a welldeserved hero of belarus. We witnessed this event and cried with you, to be honest, these are your emotions, what were you thinking at that moment when the head of state was giving the awards . For me, this is truly a high honor, this is the most important award of the state, the hero of the republic of belarus, and i, of course, let all this through myself, through my soul. Im pleased , and it makes me happy to understand that i can do something for my country, thats why the tears flowed, because and of course i didnt experience other moments like this, the launch and landing were perceived in their own way, of course, this is also an incredible feeling, and they cannot be expressed in words, but what happened today touched. Me to the depths of my soul, and what did Alexander Grigorievich say to you at the moment of presentation . He said dont cry, marina, everything is fine, a lot of work awaits us next and i understand this perfectly, i approach this issue with all responsibility. with Marina Vasilevskaya, then still a possible participant in the space flight from belarus, the country met in december 2022. Here she is, calmly going through the centrifuge, the president is watching. This is the most difficult test. Or speak . No, no, i didnt want to upset her, id cry a little, into my pillow at night, but i understood that it was very hard, studying for 8 hours, everything was new for her, of course, i understood that it was very difficult. And did not take the conversations about space seriously, they even thought about the worst, which so veiledly hides health problems. Marina spent 2 weeks in hospital, all applicants were checked first in belarusian clinics, then in the star city of russia, absolutely great, my mother exhaled. The first time i saw her, i talked more specifically, it was november 2022, during an interview with the group. Why this happened, where she got such confidence from, i cant say now, but she was charged like this in the first meeting with us, charged, loaded, this is from an unpublished photo of examinations and acquaintance with the experiments that were to be carried out on the iss, without having scientific degree, to become the hands and eyes of belarusian scientists, not to let them down, very important experiments, for example on lactoferin. Sibiotics, the goal of these works is to produce a product that will be useful in the space sphere for astronauts, with probiotics that will maintain the level of human microbiomes, yes, that is, of course, this is all science, we have seven targeted works, thats three jointly russianbelarusian and belarusian work on our scientists, i will say this, they did everything according to our program, they did it well, there is the results of these studies, the bacteria for lactoferin arrived alive and even tried them, they are tasty. So im incredibly glad, it was also necessary to take photographs of the ground, this is how it happened, well, everyone is wondering whether they took special equipment with them on their mobile phone, or whether it is there, a lot of photo and video equipment is located at the station, numerous and varied, the radiogram says which device i should take or which camera, video camera, and certain settings, we were taught this, in for a certain time, for example, we fly over the republic of belarus at 13 20 and there are literally 12 minutes, which allows you to take a photo or video of the earths surface, of course this is incredibly interesting, but unfortunately now the weather is like this, especially springautumn, this is a big cloudiness, and no matter how hard i tried, no matter how much i didnt want to, belovezhskaya pushcha, of course , i saw and photographed, i hope that more good pictures will come out, as if. Experiments with a hurricane, this is using the vss and sova technique. In simple terms, what is this . Is that . This is special equipment that works automatically, and you ask, for example, to take 20 pictures in this one minute, press a button, and the equipment automatically takes pictures. Did you take your phone with you . No, you cant take the phone, in principle there is no need for this, but there. You wont be able to use it in terms of the internet, but you can take photos and videos with good, very highquality equipment, pictures that we uploaded to our hard drive during our expedition to visit each experiment, each target job, so there is no need for a phone, we have a Good Relationship with marina, we supported each other, we support each other, marina is a very open, always smiling person, very strong, brave, purposeful, we have walked this path together, literally side by side, a lot of things were happening in the star city, first of all, we began to prepare on theoretical foundations in order to start, lets say, everything from scratch, so that we could understand in general what the ship consists of, what systems are there, how it all works. And we started with theory, therefore, i had to readjust a little, remember physics, mathematics, then the training became more of a practical nature, we worked out various first regularly, and then various emergency situations during the flight, there was , of course, serious physical training, how to conduct radio communications, there was amateur radio communications, as well we had tests of various kinds, for example, weightlessness, il 76 mdk is a large laboratory. But lets return to the selection for belarus, the First Citizen with a space mission, national project. An Interdepartmental Group was created of the ministry of education, health, transport and communications, industry, the ministry of emergency situations, the ministry of defense, the ministry of internal affairs, the state and militaryindustrial committee, in short, the whole, of course, the National Academy of sciences. From the selection to the planting of the union, nanbelarus has done a colossal amount of work. This is the first cosmonaut, this is the face of belarus and preparation, and desire, and aspiration, and responsibility, well, everything in many respects, we have set a task, if you want to fly into space and if you want to be the face of belarus as cosmonauts, well , you understand what kind of authority, if you are already selected and you get into the cosmonaut squad, then you have to endure everything, and you cant leave the race, you cant leave the race. There are girls there, it is clear that in winter conditions there to build a fire, a hut, try to survive there for at least two days, when it is in the forest, well, probably not everyone, even a man, is capable of doing this, why come to us such, including such an appeal to us, because well, those people who have we are flown on airplanes, pilots, Flight Attendants, they already have a priori good health, of course, these are not the same requirements as for space flight, and subsequent selection showed this difference, but. They are close to marina, one of them is her friend victoria, also a Flight Attendant belavia, she was in the top six, there were two special chairs of this kind, called nkuok pcook, that is, which stands for continuously or discontinuously, respectively, the cumulative effect of accelerating the kareolis, that is, these are aimed at determining vestibular capabilities person, the task was to hold out for 10 full minutes. All these rotations, well, here it depended on the individual characteristics of how and how long he could hold out, it was difficult, it was not an easy task, and the reaction was not the same as it might seem to many, that there is motion sickness or perhaps even some kind of. Then nausea is present in dizziness, no, that is , i would literally say that this is precisely the irritation of every cell of the body. And in the end these are all rotations, i had the sensation that my hands were sharply, sharply, they were hot, then they were sharply, sharply cold, when this study was already over, my tongue went numb, this is all normal, there were also pressure chambers, when you felt like you were at an altitude of 5 or 10 thousand m, lack of oxygen, dizziness, and your head must remain cold, you must understand what is happening while working around you, everyday things on the International Space station in space, they are not as easy as on earth, it even seems for us the most basic things drink some water, wash your hair, use it there, that is, we cannot take a shower, but at the station, we can only use a special wet towel, that is, it takes much more time, even in the first days, i could force myself that it was possible to let go of something , that is, i tried to pass hands to hands, but to hands immediately, but you can let go and it will fly to the person as if calmly, the only thing was that you had to control yourself when you move through the modules, but because i got beaten great, its very easy to fly, of course, today is the third day of my stay at the station and i feel great. Coordination suffers a little, but i go through the powder and hold on, i need a certain speed, dont move quickly through the modules, because if you accelerate too much, you can fly somewhere very quickly, yes, thank you very much, but i need to take off the microphone, and i now ill take a picture, okay, like on the iss in terms of temperature, but you know, its different. It was different in each module, somewhere warm, somewhere cold, but many thanks to alexander grebenkin, he freed up his cabin for me, lets go, ill show you, its on the ceiling, but if you turn over, then its below, such a door, we fly in, wow, i really like it here, its very comfortable, heres my sleeping bag, in which i. Im melting, i fix myself, zip up and sleep. Also here is my closet, this is my flight suit. Of course, it was very pleasant, he himself rested first in one module, then in the second, because the ships changed, and the location of both the commander and the Flight Engineer changed, and i am very grateful to them, of course i soldered them off later tea because they were very cold. It was very cold in the module, well, when there were six of them in moscow, she told me grandfather, i. Marinas courage comes from him, in general in the world women among cosmonauts are rather rare. Only 10 of all conquerors are a wonderful part of humanity, yes, there is no division by gender, precisely because of this, it is more difficult for ladies in preparation, the first from belarus, 76 in the world, this is prestigious, this is vladimir vladimirovich, Alexander Grigorievich, they agreed to belarusian woman flew, its very pleasant, and i m pleased for the women of belarus, they. Are all beautiful, smart, talented, purposeful, businesslike, shes one of those businesslike ones, yes, and i talked with them here, we even had lunch for hours two, because they are always under tension, but this task is quite difficult for her, because for a short period of time, essentially six months of training, in six months to learn what is needed. Well, for an astronaut this is a lot of learning, a lot to learn, it means you have a good memory, it means you have a sense of purpose, and then theres oleg navetsky, this is not his first flight, and he constantly communicates with him, he is a business man, i think he will always get out of a difficult situation, behind oleg novidsky, four space flights, three spacewalks, he even starred in. In the film, but most importantly, the commander of the crew with maria vasilevskaya, he is our belarusian, he always emphasizes this, always with a flag and with love, he comes from cherven, well, who, if not him, and in general belarus in manned cosmonautics, is alek navitsky, this is pyotr klemuk, this is vladimir kovalyonok, they all we were waiting, well, when already, well, when the belarusian passport is sent, 1 kg of personal belongings, we already know that there was a flag, in my opinion, not even just one flag, your de. Photograph, thats what there is 1 kg, belarusian first belarusian cosmonaut . Of course, i took photographs of my relatives, and took some of my notes from the gospel, because of course, i am a believer and i know that with gods help everything will be fine, and especially since we are there, as the president said, a little closer were to god, took it. Our stork in national clothes, this is a girl, i took a lot of videos and photos with this stork, as the personification of friendship, love, joy, of course, this stork constantly flew away from my cabin and we caught it, but it was fun, of course, it was a passport to watch, i took a copy of the passport , which i also photographed against the background of the earth, as i promised, i placed it. She was named a participant in the space flight, but based on the results of the exams, they reported that she wants to know more, she is teachable, she helps, she, ill tell you a secret, even notices, for example, what. These are deviations in in work its small, but its reminiscent of the crew, that is, in principle, well, in my opinion, she could be launched into flight as an onboard engineer, but we had no doubts, and yes, if they continue, who knows, maybe its not a coincidence that this it was, hello, hello, we were ready to ride camels by car, well, at least somehow get there, thats what to support, of course, this is excitement and anxiety, it was decided to go, lets go, then the state also provided an opportunity for the plane to fly. A belarusian citizen on the russian segment of the iss is agreement between president s Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin on april 12 , cosmonautics day, at the vostochny cosmodrome. Initially, it was determined that the flight would last up to 12 days. Marina needed support on the spot. Our marina is the best, our marina will be successful. When i climbed elbrus, i raised the flag of the National Olympic committee of the republic of belarus, and i handed this flag to the feet of the National Olympic committee and handed it to marina. Im sure she knows that we are here today, that we have arrived, that. Such a rather impressive delegation i came to support her, but the most important thing is that a huge number of people, the whole country, support her at home, i love you all very much and will not let you down, i will do Everything Possible and even impossible, and the president is with you in spirit, you know, we talk a lot in the morning, during the day, in the evening, he is only interested in this project now, it is very important for him personally on a national scale, march, that day in the baikanur steppe, her loved ones, family, friends, at a distance of 3 km, these are the security measures here there are a lot of tourists, people for the lands that love space, she must feel that we are here, her family, who worry about her, and i always say, marina, imagine what you are worth and how much. A circle of support holds you by the shoulder, keeping you in the mood good, excellent, calm, in fact, as it should be. Before Marina Vasilevskaya, crew commander, Oleg Novitsky, nasa astronaut tracy dyson, will give a long interview. Everyone is in excellent spirits; hardly anyone could have imagined how difficult this key stage of their journey into space would be. Attention, the launch was automatically cancelled, something is wrong, something is wrong, an extra second has already passed there, and what was he saying, he was saying through the megaphone, you cant hear anything, well, somehow this is how it is, youre standing there, worried , look. There you dont hear anything, just some kind of sawdust, i couldnt sleep the whole night until the morning, because i was worried, i think, how does she think, it would be good for us to listen here, but what should she do, the reasons for the drop in chemical voltage current source, the main thing is that the Automatic Systems that control the start worked clearly. How did you find it . In general, the strength to pull yourself together, because its clear that you need to do it and not give up, and we went through everything. And this could be corrected, but i was more worried about my family, loved ones, about you, about the belarusians who came to support us from such a distance, and stood and waited for the rocket to launch, but the rocket did not launch, that is, we were more worried about our relatives , calmly accepted this information that yes, there would be no launch, the launch was postponed, we were expecting evacuation, this happened for the first time. And the crew had never been evacuated before, just from a rocket, sas was cocked, we were waiting for the operation to complete the construction of the sas to take place, so we waited, calmly, sat, waited, then i realized that everything that was not being done was for the better, since my flight extended for another two days, then it would become it is known that this was a transfer to a reserve day, march 3, according to the protocol, and if initially they were supposed to fly on a short route and be on the iss after 3. 5 hours, the reserve was extended, it is unlikely that everyone understood the pleasure for two days, regarding space traditions, because many attributed it to our contact with you communication, when you were leaving the hotel, when i asked a question, and you so involuntarily reached out, Oleg Novitsky even pulled back at you, they say that they did not follow traditions, no, this is not a tradition, this is the safety of astronauts