Star City, 11:00
Gagarin's home in Star City. Sixth floor. He was not at home.
After a one hour journey we arrived at Star City. The person in charge of the cosmonauts training welcomed us at the military control and took us through a very beautiful forest totally covered in snow. "The road of the guerrilla", he said. We were hearing jet engines flying over our heads all the time.
On arriving, we were welcomed by Boris Volynov on the museum's first floor. It would be silly to try to explain the excitement when shaking the hand of a cosmonaut that flew as commander rank on missions Soyuz-5 and 21 in 1969 and 1976 respectively.
And the same happened while he was telling us about his heroic space deeds in a friendly and easy tone.
To read about the great deed Volynov made during the landing of the Soyuz 5 is hair-rising. He was remembering how all his teeth were broken when he landed on the floor after descending at 200 km per hour, at 6000 Celsius and how he had to walk for kilometers until reaching an inhabitated place, at 38 degrees below zero, is something very hard to explain with words.
Finally, after almost an hour chatting we made a picture together and he signed many others for us to sell at auction in order to get funds for the film.
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