«Samarskie izvestiya»

The secrete laser is adopted by doctors

Cosmonautics Day is a professional holiday for the Samara ophthalmologists as well. At the beginning of the 1970s a secret design office, which was headed by Igor Berezhnoy, began working up different systems which used lasers. Subsequently on the basis of laser technologies they created aircraft landing system “Glissada”.

“Reporter”

Motor-racing circuit supported by regional and federal authorities

At the providers conference of “AutoVAZ” the Minister of Industry and Energy of Samara region noted that the regional authorities are interested in the construction of a vehicle testing point of European level in Toglitatti.

“Trud” (regional edition)

The space secrets of a museum

The space museum was open in Samara. It is situated at the foot of a real 50-meters-hight launch vehicle “Souyz”, delivered from cosmodrome Plesetsk. The exposition of the museum is consisted of original spacecrafts and rocket engines, made at Samara space industry plants. The visitors could see the machinery the information about which has been under a security label for many years.