Russia sent actors into space, they make films there: America will also send Star Track heroes into orbit

Roscosmos sent a crew with an actress to the ISS to make a movie, reports with the BBC.

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The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the ISS with a film crew on board - actress Yulia Peresild, director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (ship commander). They will shoot a film, one of the producers of which is the general director of the Roscosmos state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos broadcast the launch on its YouTube channel. The rocket launched at 11:55 Moscow time.

Soon after the launch, the crew commander Anton Shkaplerov reported that the health of those present on board was good.

After 15:00 Moscow time, the ship docked with the ISS, but in manual mode - according to the broadcast on the Roscosmos website, during docking, two sets of equipment of the Kurs automatic rendezvous system failed one by one.

Shkaplerov took control of the ship. Rogozin said that “we decided not to take risks and switch to manual control, nothing special.”

The flight time was 3 hours and 27 minutes. Soyuz MS-19 flew to the ISS using an ultra-fast scheme. The crew is scheduled to return to Earth on October 17.

Film "Challenge"

A film crew is flying to shoot a feature film in orbit with the working title “Challenge.” Roscosmos emphasizes that a professional actress will act in space for the first time in the history of cinema.

These filming became the reason for the recent conflict in the state corporation between its CEO Dmitry Rogozin and the head of manned programs, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.

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Krikalev openly criticized the decision to shoot a feature film in the Russian segment of the ISS and in an interview with the media confirmed that he was removed from his post due to disagreement with the decision of the management of the state corporation to finance the shooting. Then, however, Rogozin changed his mind about dismissing Krikalev.

As another cosmonaut, Mikhail Kornienko, told the BBC, “this project [filming a film in orbit] has many opponents, including me.”

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The film “Challenge” is a project of Channel One and Roscosmos. The participants of the cinematic expedition to the ISS - 36-year-old actress Yulia Peresild and 37-year-old director Klim Shipenko - were approved in May 2021.

Roscosmos said that the film crew had to undergo, among other things, tests on a centrifuge, a vibration stand, make familiarization and training flights on an airplane in zero gravity, and undergo parachute training.

The biggest challenge for fulfilling the main goal of the flight - filming a film - will be the skill of working in the absence of weight, when the usual movements on Earth will not lead to the desired result. How serious it will turn out to be difficult to say: the film crew made only two training flights to zero gravity in the IL-76 MDK laboratory aircraft.

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In March 2021, the head of the Glavkosmos company (a subsidiary of Roscosmos), Dmitry Loskutov, said that the filming was being financed by Channel One, so the project “will not require any additional funds from the federal budget.” At the same time, he made a reservation: part of the work will still be financed by Glavkosmos, but from funds received from commercial activities.

The attitude to filming in space among astronauts and experts is ambiguous. Many criticize these plans, some do not consider the goals of popularizing space worth the costs.

Cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky told the BBC that he considers the film “a good PR project”: “There is some idea in it, but on the other hand, I have a hard time imagining how technically the guys will be able to complete the filming program in such a short period of time.”

“Artists, all kinds of clowns, tourists have no place on the ISS,” said cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko. - This is a large space laboratory, there is no need to interfere with the professionals’ work. The output from this project, which is called “Challenge”, in my opinion, will be minimal. Well, what are they filming there in 10 days?”

Earlier, in an interview with RBC, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the defense industry, aviation and space in the government, said that he would not allow the shooting of the film to be financed from the budget.

What about the USA?

US film buffs and Star Trek fans will also have a reason to rejoice - the 90-year-old Star Trek actor has received a place on Bezos' ship, reports with the BBC.

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90-year-old Canadian actor William Shatner, famous for his role as Captain Kirk in the first seasons of the cult series Star Trek, will go into space for real. Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company announced that Shatner will fly on October 12 aboard the New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.

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“I’ve heard a lot about space for a long time. And now I'll finally see it. Miracles!" the actor said at a press conference on Tuesday.

In addition to Shatner, there will be three other people on board Blue Origin's second flight.

If the flight is successful, the actor will become the oldest person in space.

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