China News Service, October 6th. According to the Russian Satellite Network, the conversations between astronauts and ground experts broadcast by NASA showed that the Russian film crew flying to the International Space Station will start filming in orbit on the 6th. The first feature film.
On October 5, local time, the Russian "Soyuz MS-19" spacecraft carrying a Russian astronaut and two film workers successfully docked with the International Space Station after more than three hours of flight.
This will be the first time in film history that professional actors have filmed in space.
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An expert from the Moscow State Ground Flight Control Center told Russian astronaut Oleg Nowitzki that the shooting would begin on October 6.
At 11:55 on October 5, Moscow time (16:55, Beijing time), the "Soyuz-2.1a" carrier rocket ignited from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and sent the spacecraft carrying the film crew to the world space station.
Three and a half hours later, the spacecraft approached the International Space Station. Due to a malfunction of the "heading" automatic rendezvous and docking system equipment, Russian astronaut Shkaplerov manually manipulated the docking.
On October 5, local time, the Russian "Soyuz MS-19" spacecraft carrying a Russian astronaut and two film workers successfully docked with the International Space Station after more than three hours of flight.
This will be the first time in film history that professional actors have filmed in space.
It is expected that actor Peresilid and director Shipenko will stay in space for 12 days, during which they will complete part of the filming of the feature film "Challenge" on the International Space Station, which will be the first film set in space in film history.
On October 17, Peresilid and Shipenko will return to Earth on the "Soyuz MS-18" spacecraft together with astronaut Nowitzki.
The detailed plot of the film remains confidential.
A source familiar with the plot revealed earlier that in the film, an astronaut on the International Space Station needs to undergo surgery. According to various medical indicators, he cannot be sent back to Earth, so he decided to send the doctor into space.
She is the protagonist of this movie.
It was announced at a press conference held at the Baikonur Cosmodrome before the launch that the patient will be played by astronaut Nowitzki.