Russia has made history again by sending an actress and director into space. They are known to be making the first film in space orbit.
In this photo released by the Roscosmos Space Agency, actress Yulia Peresild (left), director Klim Shipenko (right), and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov prepare for the launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday (5/10/2021) local time.
The Russian actress and director set out into space to make the first film in space orbit.
If the mission is a success, the Russian crew will beat the Hollywood project announced earlier this year by "Mission Impossible" star Tom Cruise, the US Space Agency (NASA) and Elon's SpaceX. Musk.
It is known, this activity was carried out by Russia as one of the efforts to defeat the United States (US) to make the first film in space orbit.
Led by veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, the Russian crew will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft on a 12-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to shoot scenes from the film 'The Challenge'.
The plot of the film, which is largely kept secret along with its total budget, revealed by Russia's space agency Roscosmos, will center on a woman who is a surgeon who is assigned to the ISS to save an astronaut.
Meanwhile, Shipenko and Peresild are scheduled to return to Earth on October 17, in a capsule with cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who has served on the ISS for six months.
The launch comes at challenging times for Russia's space industry, which is struggling to secure funding with the Kremlin prioritizing military budgets. Compared to the Soviet era when Russia launched its first satellite Sputnik and sent the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space, Russia is now struggling to innovate.
The launch comes at challenging times for Russia's space industry, which is struggling to secure funding with the Kremlin prioritizing military budgets. Compared to the Soviet era when Russia launched its first satellite Sputnik and sent the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space, Russia is now struggling to innovate.
It is known, the actress, director and a veteran Russian cosmonaut managed to arrive safely at the International Space Station (ISS). Then they will carry out a mission for 12 days to make the first film in space orbit. If successful to the end, this mission will add to the long list of first things the Russian space industry has done. It is known that the Soviets launched the first satellite Sputnik, and sent the first dog, named Laika, into space, also sending the first man, Yuri Gagarin and the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
