A groundbreaking popular science fiction film about the past and future of astronautics, from the first experiments by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to the manned spaceflight and colonization of the Moon.

Released one month after the launch of Sputnik 1, Klushantsev's trailblazing visualization of the past, present and imagined future of the Soviet space programme became electrifying when a clip was shown by Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News.

The film provides a description of the theory of Konstantin Tsiolkovskiy, tells about his life and scientific activities. The laws of ballistics are described in a popular form. The principles of space flights are clearly shown. In the form of a feature film, the world's first manned flight into space is shown (4 years before Yuriy Gagarin's flight). As well as the first manned flight to the moon.—Tango Papa