"14 Minutes Until Start" (Russian: Четырнадцать минут до старта, tr. Chetyrnadtsat' minut do starta), also known as "I Believe, My Friends" (Russian: Я верю, друзья, tr. Ya veryu, druz'ya) is a popular Soviet and Russian mass song composed in 1960 by Oscar Feltsman, to lyrics by Vladimir Voinovich.[1] The song was written as an unofficial anthem for the Soviet Space Program, and became a popular fixture of Space Race era Soviet propaganda, being printed several times in Pravda and even being sung in space by cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich during the Vostok-3 Mission Lyrics:Russia Заправлены в планшеты Космические карты, И штурман уточняет В последний раз маршрут. Давайте-ка, ребята, Закурим перед стартом, У нас еще в запасе Четырнадцать минут. Я верю, друзья, Караваны ракет Помчат нас вперед От звезды до звезды. На пыльных тропинках Далеких планет Останутся наши следы. Когда-нибудь с годами Припомним мы с друзьями, Как по дорогам звездным Вели мы первый путь, Как первыми сумели Достичь заветной цели И на родную Землю Со стороны взглянуть. Давно нас ожидают Далекие планеты, Холодные планеты, Безмолвные поля. Но ни одна планета Не ждет нас так, как эта, Планета дорогая По имени Земля. Lyrics:English Packed into the tablets Are the space maps And the Navigator checks The route for one last time. Let us, guys, Smoke before launching: We still have fourteen minutes Left until the launch. I believe, friends, Caravans of rockets Will head us forward - From a star to a star. On the dusty paths Of the distant planets Our footprints'll be left as our marks. And after many years We'll remember with the friends, How on the stellar roadways We were the first to venture, How we were first to manage To reach the cherished goal And from the greater distance Look at Mother Earth. Long are we awaited By the distant planets, Cold worlds, Silent fields. But not one of the planets Is waiting for us as this Precious planet Named the Earth.