Applied cosmonautics as a separate branch of science has appeared quite recently. Its founder was the great Soviet engineer and designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. Space engineering will develop for a long time, because the study of the Universe and its resources, finding extraterrestrial life is one of the most important issues for all mankind. And so that the next generations would not forget about those people who initiated the development and improvement of such important sciences, the program «Talents of Russia and Space» was developed with the support of the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics of S. P. Korolev Secondary School No. 58. Initially conceived as a school project, it later went beyond theory. Now it includes a panel containing references to the events that became the starting point for the beginning of the conquest of extraterrestrial spaces, and an online platform with a tour of the panel, articles about the museum and many other interesting elements.

In 1955, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and a group of scientists proposed to launch the world's first artificial Earth satellite into space. The Government supported this initiative. And already on October 4, 1957, the Sputnik-1 satellite was launched into near-Earth orbit for the first time in history. The USSR has come to the forefront in the field of space engineering and the development of science.

On April 12, 1961, the name of the great engineer thundered all over the world again: having created the first manned spacecraft Vostok-1, the scientist successfully launched a man into space, again surpassing all countries of the world. The Vostok multistage rocket was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and lifted the Vostok-1 into extraterrestrial spaces, on board of which was Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. Then only one orbit around the Earth was made, but even this, by the standards of that time, was considered an achievement of the impossible.

Thanks to such a significant event, Cosmonautics Day is celebrated in Russia and many other countries on April 12

The holiday was established by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on April 9, 1962. At the same time, the World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day is celebrated. It is fixed according to the protocol of the 61st General Conference of the International Aviation Federation, held in November 1968, and according to the decision of the Council of the International Aviation Federation, adopted on April 30, 1969 on the proposal of the USSR Aviation Sports Federation.