Today, Russia sent an actress and director to the International Space Station (ISS) to shoot the first feature-length feature film, parts of which will be shot in space.
Accompanied by an experienced cosmonaut, 37-year-old actress Julia Peresild and 38-year-old director Klim Shipenko headed to the MSS in a Soyuz rocket.
Liftoff was on schedule, at 08.55:XNUMX GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The project is a challenge to American cinematography, which is planning a project in space with Tom Cruise, but whose realization time is unknown.
The Russian team will have 12 days to shoot the sequences in space, and the working title of the film is "The Challenge."
The film is the story of a doctor on a mission to save cosmonauts. The budget for this achievement has not been announced.
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