"We are celebrating a special date—65 years since the first human spaceflight. Yuri Gagarin forever etched his name in history, demonstrating to the world the strength and courage of our country. This anniversary is inextricably linked with the history of the Far East—our land gave Russia outstanding cosmonauts such as Pavel Vinogradov, Valery Ryumin, Elena Serova, and Pyotr Dubrov. And it was here, in the Far East, that, on the orders and under the personal supervision of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Russia's most modern cosmodrome, Vostochny, was created. Today, it is the country's largest center for the development of space exploration," said Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.
Yulia Arefieva and Daniil Gamza, employees of the “Vostochny” Space Center's Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation Center, introduced students to the innovations and technologies being implemented at Russia's most modern cosmodrome, as well as the full life cycle of a space rocket.