Thus, 76% of respondents believe that it was in the late 1950s - early 1960s that the USSR achieved convincing successes in the space industry - it launched the first artificial Earth satellite and sent a man into space.
This opinion is widespread among respondents over 45 years old (82%).
According to 18% of respondents, the golden age of Russian cosmonautics is the time of the manned Mir station.
This position is more often shared by respondents aged 35 to 44 (22%).
15% of Russians are sure that the leading role in space exploration belongs to Russia today.
Only 4% of the respondents call the 90s the heyday of engineering and space thought.
6% of respondents are sure that the country has never been a leader in space.
Earlier it became known that Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 12, Cosmonautics Day, will visit Engels in the Saratov region.