Astronauts are considered perhaps the most superstitious people on the planet. Traditionally, they take a sprig of wormwood with them on a flight, since it retains its scent longer than other plants and reminds them of the Earth, and it is customary for the crew to be escorted to the launch complex to the song “Earth in the Porthole.”

Black Mondays and unlucky dates

The beginning of “cosmic superstitions” was laid by the famous General Designer Sergei Korolev. It is reliably known that Korolev did not like starts on Mondays and always moved the date if it fell on Monday. Why - it remains so big mystery. Nevertheless, Korolev defended his point of view at the very top, and because of this, serious conflicts even flared up. Spaceships did not fly on Mondays in the Soviet Union - for the first three years space age. Then they started flying, which caused 11 accidents. Since 1965, Monday has been considered almost an official “non-launch” day in Soviet and now Russian cosmonautics.

There are also “unlucky dates” at Baikonur. The start is never scheduled for October 24th. On this day, no serious work is carried out at the launch sites. On October 24, 1960, an R-16 ICBM launch vehicle exploded on the Baikonur launch pad, killing dozens of people. On October 24, 1963, an R-9A rocket burst into flames on the launch pad. Eight people were burned.

Happy operator

Another superstition of the famous designer was the “happy” operator who always pressed the “start” button on command, Captain Smirnitsky. Not a single rocket launch was complete without Smirnitsky. Even when he had eczema, he still pressed the button, because Korolev believed that the man had a “light hand.”

The same Korolev strictly forbade one of his designers to appear on the launch pad during the launch (once some trouble occurred while he was on duty) and personally made sure that he did not even show his nose.

Autographs

Astronauts never sign autographs before their first flight. Some people avoid signing autographs in black ink on principle. However, the entire crew must sign a bottle of vodka, which they drink on the ground, in the Kazakh steppe, after a successful flight.

Cosmonauts are also happy to leave autographs on the door of the hotel room where they spend the night before the launch. Painting over or washing away these autographs is strictly prohibited.

Woman on board

They say that because of superstitions, they were afraid to send Valentina Tereshkova into space - everyone remembered the old naval omen about a woman on a ship. But the Soviet leadership was not distinguished by superstition. In 1963, on the eve of the international women's conference in Moscow, it was a woman who was supposed to fly into space.

Themselves with a mustache

For a long time, people with mustaches were not allowed into space. During the flight of the mustachioed Viktor Zholobov there were problems, and the program had to be terminated early.

Other astronaut oddities

Cosmonauts will never call the launch of any spacecraft “the last”: for example, “the last launch to the Mir station...” they would prefer to call it “final”, “final”. Also, astronauts never say goodbye to those seeing them off.

At the cosmodrome in Plesetsk, before launching a launch vehicle, they must write “Tanya” on it. They say that this name was written on the first rocket by an officer in love with a certain Tanya. One day, when they forgot to write a lucky name on the body, the rocket exploded before launch.

Before launch, astronauts must look " White sun desert."

It is a common practice for astronauts to pee on the wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad. After this, the suit is tightly zipped up, and the next opportunity to relieve oneself will present itself only after a few hours in outer space. The ritual seems to have started from the time of Yuri Gagarin and is still maintained. Others consider the founder of this tradition to be General Designer Sergei Korolev, who always irrigated the rocket before launch.

Astronauts are considered perhaps the most superstitious people on the planet. Traditionally, they take a sprig of wormwood with them on a flight, since it retains its scent longer than other plants and reminds them of the Earth, and it is customary for the crew to be escorted to the launch complex to the song “Earth in the Porthole.”

Black Mondays and unlucky dates

The beginning of “cosmic superstitions” was laid by the famous General Designer Sergei Korolev. It is reliably known that Korolev did not like starts on Mondays and always moved the date if it fell on Monday. Why remains a big mystery. Nevertheless, Korolev defended his point of view at the very top, and because of this, serious conflicts even flared up. Spaceships did not fly on Mondays in the Soviet Union for the first three years of the space age. Then they started flying, which caused 11 accidents. Since 1965, Monday has been considered almost an official “non-launch” day in Soviet and now Russian cosmonautics.

There are also “unlucky dates” at Baikonur. The start is never scheduled for October 24th. On this day, no serious work is carried out at the launch sites. On October 24, 1960, an R-16 ICBM launch vehicle exploded on the Baikonur launch pad, killing dozens of people. On October 24, 1963, an R-9A rocket burst into flames on the launch pad. Eight people were burned.

Happy operator

Another superstition of the famous designer was the “happy” operator who always pressed the “start” button on command, Captain Smirnitsky. Not a single rocket launch was complete without Smirnitsky. Even when he had eczema, he still pressed the button, because Korolev believed that the man had a “light hand.”

The same Korolev strictly forbade one of his designers to appear on the launch pad during the launch (once some trouble occurred while he was on duty) and personally made sure that he did not even show his nose.

Autographs

Astronauts never sign autographs before their first flight. Some people avoid signing autographs in black ink on principle. However, the entire crew must sign a bottle of vodka, which they drink on the ground, in the Kazakh steppe, after a successful flight.

Cosmonauts are also happy to leave autographs on the door of the hotel room where they spend the night before the launch. Painting over or washing away these autographs is strictly prohibited.

Woman on board

They say that because of superstitions, they were afraid to send Valentina Tereshkova into space - everyone remembered the old naval omen about a woman on a ship. But the Soviet leadership was not distinguished by superstition. In 1963, on the eve of the international women's conference in Moscow, it was a woman who was supposed to fly into space.

Themselves with a mustache

For a long time, people with mustaches were not allowed into space. During the flight of the mustachioed Viktor Zholobov there were problems, and the program had to be terminated early.

Other astronaut oddities

Cosmonauts will never call the launch of any spacecraft “the last”: for example, “the last launch to the Mir station...” they would prefer to call it “final”, “final”. Also, astronauts never say goodbye to those seeing them off.

At the cosmodrome in Plesetsk, before launching a launch vehicle, they must write “Tanya” on it. They say that this name was written on the first rocket by an officer in love with a certain Tanya. One day, when they forgot to write a lucky name on the body, the rocket exploded before launch.

Before launch, astronauts must watch “White Sun of the Desert.”

It is a common practice for astronauts to pee on the wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad. After this, the suit is tightly zipped up, and the next opportunity to relieve oneself will present itself only after a few hours in outer space. The ritual seems to have started from the time of Yuri Gagarin and is still maintained. Others consider the founder of this tradition to be General Designer Sergei Korolev, who always irrigated the rocket before launch.

Astronauts are considered perhaps the most superstitious people on the planet. Traditionally, they take a sprig of wormwood with them on a flight, since it retains its scent longer than other plants and reminds them of the Earth, and it is customary for the crew to be escorted to the launch complex to the song “Earth in the Porthole.”

Black Mondays and unlucky dates

The beginning of “cosmic superstitions” was laid by the famous General Designer Sergei Korolev. It is reliably known that Korolev did not like starts on Mondays and always moved the date if it fell on Monday. Why remains a big mystery. Nevertheless, Korolev defended his point of view at the very top, and because of this, serious conflicts even flared up. Spaceships There were no flights on Mondays in the Soviet Union for the first three years of the space age. Then they started flying, which caused 11 accidents. Since 1965, Monday has been considered almost an official “non-launch” day in Soviet and now Russian cosmonautics.

There are also “unlucky dates” at Baikonur. The start is never scheduled for October 24th. On this day, no serious work is carried out at the launch sites. On October 24, 1960, an R-16 ICBM launch vehicle exploded on the Baikonur launch pad, killing dozens of people. On October 24, 1963, an R-9A rocket burst into flames on the launch pad. Eight people were burned.

Happy operator

Another superstition of the famous designer was the “happy” operator who always pressed the “start” button on command, Captain Smirnitsky. Not a single rocket launch was complete without Smirnitsky. Even when he had eczema, he still pressed the button, because Korolev believed that the man had a “light hand.”

The same Korolev strictly forbade one of his designers to appear on the launch pad during the launch (once some trouble occurred while he was on duty) and personally made sure that he did not even show his nose.

Autographs

Astronauts never sign autographs before their first flight. Some people avoid signing autographs in black ink on principle. However, the entire crew must sign a bottle of vodka, which they drink on the ground, in the Kazakh steppe, after a successful flight.

Cosmonauts are also happy to leave autographs on the door of the hotel room where they spend the night before the launch. Painting over or washing away these autographs is strictly prohibited.

Woman on board

They say that because of superstitions, they were afraid to send Valentina Tereshkova into space - everyone remembered the old naval omen about a woman on a ship. But the Soviet leadership was not distinguished by superstition. In 1963, on the eve of the international women's conference in Moscow, it was a woman who was supposed to fly into space.

Themselves with a mustache

For a long time, people with mustaches were not allowed into space. During the flight of the mustachioed Viktor Zholobov there were problems, and the program had to be terminated early.

White Sun of the Desert.

Before launch, astronauts must watch “White Sun of the Desert.”

Viewing "White Sun of the Desert" has become a tradition as a result of the training of previous filming crews. This film is used as a tool for training astronauts in filmmaking. How to build a plan, how to work with a camera, how to stage scenes. Cosmonauts know this film “more than by heart.”

Other astronaut oddities

Cosmonauts will never call the launch of any spacecraft “the last”: for example, “the last launch to the Mir station...” they would prefer to call it “final”, “final”. Also, astronauts never say goodbye to those seeing them off.

At the cosmodrome in Plesetsk, before launching a launch vehicle, they must write “Tanya” on it. They say that this name was written on the first rocket by an officer in love with a certain Tanya. One day, when they forgot to write a lucky name on the body, the rocket exploded before launch.

It is a common practice for astronauts to pee on the wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad. After this, the suit is tightly zipped up, and the next opportunity to relieve oneself will present itself only after a few hours in outer space. The ritual seems to have started from the time of Yuri Gagarin and is still maintained. Others consider the founder of this tradition to be General Designer Sergei Korolev, who always irrigated the rocket before launch.

Finally, before the launch, the astronauts receive a friendly kick from their boss.

But with the 13th, there are no special superstitions Russian cosmonauts and rocket scientists are not connected. Of course, few people like this number, but we definitely don’t have a “Friday the 13th” craze. But NASA doesn’t really like the 13th – there have already been unpleasant incidents. Thus, the famous lunar Apollo 13 set off for the earth’s satellite on April 11, and on April 13, an explosion occurred on board the ship - one of the oxygen tanks exploded.

Yulia Khlopina, RIA Novosti.

Extracurricular activity: Intellectual game“Space Flight”, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the first cosmonaut Yu.A. Gagarin.

Developed by: Sh.D.Bisembekova

Class: 6th grade "B".

Lesson type: non-standard lesson- intellectual game.

Lesson duration is 45 minutes.

Target:

Formation of a scientific worldview.

Development of cognitive motivation.

Tasks:

Improving intellectual skills, broadening the horizons and erudition of students; development of intelligence, thinking and speech, attention, intelligence, curiosity, creativity students.

Fostering mutual assistance and mutual assistance; ability to make decisions in a non-standard situation under limited time.

Instilling interestto the history of the conquest of space and its development.

Continued formation of a value-based attitude towards the achievements of domestic science.

Computer techologies: Power Point program, multimedia tools

Used educational technologies and methods: ICT: presentation of the lesson progress, health elements saving technology. Methods security question, video method, explanatory and illustrative method.

PROGRESS OF EXTRA-CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

I. Org. moment

introduction teachers

Teacher:

Everyone knows the name of our country's first cosmonaut, Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. He turned 80 this year, but he is no longer with us. He still lives in our memory forever young and smiling! He is still the idol of millions, his smile is still inimitable, and the word “Let's go!” is known throughout the world, as is the date April 12, 1961.

I suggest you watch a unique video in which, in particular, you can hear the last pre-flight negotiations between Gagarin and Korolev. “I am the only one who wishes you a good flight!” To which the famous phrase “Let's go!” followed.

I suggest you watch a unique video.

b) Watch the video “You know what kind of guy he was!” (2-3 min)

Now you and I are going on an exciting space journey. Our game is a kind of congratulations to you on this outstanding event.

Today 2 ships will take flight, with two great teams on board. During the game we will find out who knows the history of space exploration better. A lot will depend on your organization, attention, and speed.

Dear participants, experts outer space! Before the game, we asked to choose 2 teams, the name of which we came up with ourselves, these are the teams: “Cedar” and “Seagull”.

The rules of the game are simple: on the presentation slide, the team captain selects the number of the letter with the question, and the team gives an answer to it after exactly 20 seconds of discussion. Teams take turns asking questions. After discussion, either the team captain or a player who is confident in the correctness of his answer has the right to answer. If the answer is incorrect, then the opposing team that raised its hand first gets the right to earn a point. The team with the most points wins. Are the terms of the game clear to experts? The progress of today's game will be monitored (presentation by the jury).

II . So, we start the game. The first question chooses team …

Questions:

Story:

10. How long did the first space flight last?(108 minutes.)

20. Name an outstanding rocket designer whose name is associated with our first victories in space exploration?(Academician S.P. Korolev.)

30. Which of the scientists in our country is the founder of astronautics?

(K.E. Tsiolkovsky.)

40. Namethe name of the scientist who invented the telescope.
(Galileo)

50. What date marked the beginning of the space age?(October 4, 1957).

10.Name the scientist-inventor of the space rocket. (K.E. Tsiolkovsky)

20. How many times has T. Musabaev been in space? (3 times: 1994, 1998, 2001).

30.What does the name “Baikonur” mean? (translated from the Kazakh language “Baikonyr” means rich valley).
40. Who was the first to suggest that the Earth is spherical? (Aristotle )

50. Cosmonautics theorist K.E. Tsiolkovsky was by profession... (teacher)

Space:

10. A group of stars is called...(constellation )

20. What color are the coldest stars? (Red)

30. Is Planet Earth approximately 4.6 billion years old? (Yes)

40. How many planets are there solar system? (8)

50. What stars does our Sun belong to?(Yellow dwarf.)

10.What does the word “cosmonautics” mean?Navigation)

20. How many satellites does the Earth have?(One )
30.Which planet’s name contains a note? Draw it on the staff.
(The note is hidden in the name of our planet: Earth.)

40.What does the word “cosmos” mean in Greek? (Order, Universe)

50. Name the brightest (after the Sun) star in our sky. (Sirius)

Cosmonauts:

10. Who was in space before man and what were the names of the first messengers?(Dogs: Laika, Belka, Arrow, Bee, Front sight, Asterisk, Chernushka, Coal, Veterok – 9.)

20. Which female astronaut was the first to go into space in 1963?(Valentina Tereshkova.)

30. Which astronaut was the first to go into outer space?(Alexey Leonov March 18, 1965)

40. What was the call sign of cosmonaut V. Tereshkova? (Gull )

50. Astronauts have customs. This is how Russian cosmonauts watch a movie before going into space. ("White Sun of the Desert" )

10. Date of flight into space by T. Aubakirov. (October 2, 1991)

20. Who was the first cosmonaut - a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan? (Talgat Musabaev).

20. Which Russian cosmonaut took the first photograph of the Earth (German Titov)
30.Musical question. The song “You know what kind of guy he was” is playing. Name the married couple of the poet and composer who are the authors of this song? (Poet - Nikolai Dobronravov and composer - Alexandra Pakhmutova.)

40. Who was the first space tourist?(American businessman Dennis Tito)

50. Each astronaut had his own radio call sign to communicate with the Earth.

A beautiful, sonorous, well-pronounced word is used as a call sign. Guess which of the astronauts had the following call signs:

1) Yuri Gagarin 1) Chaika

2) German Titov 2) Kedr

3) Alexey Leonov 3) Orel

4) Valentina Tereshkova 4) Almaz-2

Answer:

Yuri Gagarin - Kedr

Valentina Tereshkova - Seagull

Alexey Leonov - Almaz-2

German Titov - Eagle.

50 .Who was the first to go into outer space?Answer: Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov.

Spaceships:

10. What was the name of the ship on which Yuri Gagarin made his first flight into space on April 12, 1961? ("East")

20. How are food stored in spaceships?(In tubes.)

30. Can an astronaut use dumbbells for physical exercise?(No, because they lose weight.)

40. Based on superstition alone, which day do Russian cosmonauts not take off on? (Monday )

50. What is the name of the clothing that is needed for going into space?(Space suit.)

20 . What spaceship was V. Tereshkova (“Chaika”) a pilot of?

30. According to established traditions, it is customary for the spaceship crew to be escorted to the launch complex to a song... (Grass near the house)

40. What was the name of the Soviet spacecraft reusable?

(Buran)

50. What name was given to the Russian manned spacecraft launched on April 5, 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome? (Gagarin)

Gagarin:

10. What did Yu.A. say? Gagarin at the launch of his ship? (Go!)

20. Spaceship Yu.A. Gagarin was called...(East)

30. What inscription was on Yu.A.’s helmet? Gagarin? (THE USSR)

40. What was Yu.A.’s first profession? Gagarin? (Molder-caster)

50. Which flower variety is called “Gagarin’s Smile”?(gladioli )

10. What anniversary of Yu.A. Gagarin is celebrated in 2014? (80th anniversary)

20. Name the coniferous call sign Yu.A. Gagarin? (Cedar)

30. How many revolutions around the Earth did Yu.A. Gagarin? (one)

40. Yu. A. Gagarin flew into space as a senior lieutenant, and returned...

( major )

50. How long was Yu. A. Gagarin in space? (108 minutes)

III . Trip to space distances

Our game has come to an end. Today the experts behaved with dignity, gave correct answers and successfully completed all the tasks of their amazing friends. Well done! And now let's fly into space, the Universe.

Watching a video from the American Hubble telescope, called “Beyond the Universe”...

IY .Summing up the game.

(After watching the video)

Here we are on Earth. Thank you all for participating! Is everyone feeling good?

Let's sum up the game and find out the winners.

Winners are awarded : all teams of players, the best player.

We enjoyed communicating with intellectuals from grade 6 “B”!

You, who are 12-13 years old today, will soon have to decide your life choices. It would be nice if this choice became cosmic!

I wish you all new victories!

Astronauts are considered perhaps the most superstitious people on the planet. Traditionally, they take a sprig of wormwood with them on a flight, since it retains its scent longer than other plants and reminds them of the Earth, and the crew is usually escorted to the launch complex to the song “Earth in the Porthole.”

Black Mondays and unlucky dates
“Cosmic superstitions” were started by the famous General Designer Sergei Korolev. It is reliably known that Korolev did not like starts on Mondays and always moved the date if it fell on Monday. Why remains a big mystery. Nevertheless, Korolev defended his point of view at the very top, and because of this, serious conflicts even flared up. Spaceships did not fly on Mondays in the Soviet Union for the first three years of the space age. Then they started flying, and 11 accidents occurred. Since 1965, Monday has been considered almost an official “non-launch” day in Soviet and now Russian cosmonautics.

There are also “unlucky dates” at Baikonur. The start is never scheduled for October 24th. On this day, no serious work is carried out at the launch sites. On October 24, 1960, an R-16 ICBM launch vehicle exploded on the Baikonur launch pad, killing dozens of people. On October 24, 1963, an R-9A rocket burst into flames on the launch pad. Eight people were burned.

Happy operator
Another superstition of the famous designer was the “happy” operator who always pressed the “start” button on command, Captain Smirnitsky. Not a single rocket launch was complete without Smirnitsky. Even when he had eczema, he still pressed the button, because Korolev believed that the man had a “light hand.”

The same Korolev strictly forbade one of his designers to appear on the launch pad during the launch (once some trouble occurred while he was on duty) and personally made sure that he did not even show his nose.

Autographs
Astronauts never sign autographs before their first flight. Some people avoid signing autographs in black ink on principle. However, the entire crew must sign a bottle of vodka, which they drink on the ground, in the Kazakh steppe, after a successful flight.

Cosmonauts are also happy to leave autographs on the door of the hotel room where they spend the night before the launch. Painting over or washing away these autographs is strictly prohibited.

Alcohol
The first time you can “use” it is 12 days before the launch, when the main and backup crews arrive at Baikonur for “detention.” Cosmonauts of the “double” are required to pass 100 grams of pure technical alcohol. The “main crew” can only drink a sip of champagne - after approval by the state commission as part of the crew.

Half an hour before the launch, the backup cosmonauts drink “to the good luck” of the main crew together with the journalists. Only twice did understudies not take part in this tradition. The occasions were unfortunate, and the half-hour tradition has been kept sacred ever since. After returning from the flight, the cosmonauts plant their name tree on the cosmonaut alley at Baikonur.

Woman on board
They say that because of superstitions, they were afraid to send Valentina Tereshkova into space - everyone remembered the old naval omen about a woman on a ship. But the Soviet leadership was not distinguished by superstition. In 1963, on the eve of the international women's conference in Moscow, it was a woman who was supposed to fly into space.

Themselves with a mustache
For a long time, people with mustaches were not allowed into space. There were problems during the flight of the mustachioed Viktor Zholobov, and the program had to be terminated early.

Other astronaut oddities
Together with the crew, a soft toy is sent into space, which not only plays the role of a talisman, but also helps the astronauts catch the moment when a state of weightlessness sets in.

Cosmonauts will never call the launch of any spacecraft “the last”: for example, “the last launch to the Mir station...” they would prefer to call it “final”, “final”. Also, astronauts never say goodbye to those seeing them off.

Cosmonauts must wave goodbye from the stairs before boarding the spacecraft.

At the cosmodrome in Plesetsk, before launching a launch vehicle, they must write “Tanya” on it. They say that this name was written on the first rocket by an officer in love with a certain Tanya. One day, when they forgot to write a lucky name on the body, the rocket exploded before launch.

A day before the launch, it is customary to watch the film “White Sun of the Desert”; all astronauts have been doing this for more than 30 years. This is connected with a tragic page in the history of Russian cosmonautics: the death on June 30, 1971, during the return to Earth of the crew consisting of Dobrovolsky, Volkov and Patsaev. The next flight on Soyuz-12 went well, and the cosmonauts found out that before the flight the crew watched the film “White Sun of the Desert.” The following crews also viewed this picture. After that, everyone flew into space without problems.

It is a common practice for astronauts to pee on the wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad. After this, the suit is tightly zipped up, and the next opportunity to relieve oneself will present itself only after a few hours in outer space. The ritual seems to have started from the time of Yuri Gagarin, who asked to stop the car in the Kazakh steppe on the way to Baikonur. Others consider the founder of this tradition to be General Designer Sergei Korolev, who always irrigated the rocket before launch.

Finally, before the launch, the astronauts receive a friendly kick from their boss.