00:03Dear friends,
00:05Today the Republic of India is celebrating its 80th Independence Day.
00:10Eight decades ago, India broke free from colonial rule
00:14and embarked on a path of self-reliance and prosperity.
00:18Significantly, this year also marks the 65th anniversary
00:22of the greatest feat of human space exploration –
00:25historic flight by Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
00:33In November 1961 he visited India
00:37and said that India is very beautiful from above,
00:41but it is even more beautiful on Earth.
00:44It is special because it is home to true friends.
00:49The friendship between our countries has been time-tested,
00:53and space exploration is one of the main areas of our cooperation.
00:58It started with the launch of the first Indian satellite Aryabhata in 1975,
01:06and followed by the flight of the first Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma in 1984.
01:13Today India creates its own main spacecraft – Gaganyan.
01:19And Indian Gaganoats have already been trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Zvezny Gorodok.
01:32This year the Roscosmos State Corporation, the Ros-Satrudin Chisra representative office in the Republic of India,
01:41and the Indian Space Research Organization held a joint competition dedicated to cooperation between Russia and India in space.
01:52The winning entries are presented here today.
01:56In this surrounding we are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the friendly people of India on their Independence
02:07Day.
02:07We wish them peace and prosperity.
02:11Let the dreams inspire future generations to achieve new victories in the exploration of outer space.
02:21Long live India-Russia friendship.
02:23Thank you, town.
02:28Hey.
02:29Thank you, make sure.
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