The Soviets launched the first satellite Sputnik, and sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, the first man, Yuri Gagarin, and the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit. If successful, the mission will add to a long list of firsts for Russia’s space industry. 17 in a capsule with Novitsky, who has been on the ISS for the past six months.Įrnst told Press that a film crew will document their landing, which will also feature in the movie. Shipenko and Peresild are expected to return to Earth on Oct. “It was difficult psychologically, physically and emotionally… but I think when we reach our goal all the challenges won’t seem so bad,” Peresild - who was selected out of 3,000 applicants for the role - said at a pre-flight press conference. “They are in good spirits and feel well,” Ernst told press. Konstantin Ernst, the head of the Kremlin-friendly Channel One TV network and a co-producer of the film, said he spoke with the crew as soon as they docked. Shkaplerov, 49, and the two Russian cosmonauts already aboard the ISS are said to have cameo roles in the film. The movie’s plot, which has been mostly kept under wraps along with its budget, centers around a female surgeon who is dispatched to the ISS to save a cosmonaut.

The crew traveled in a Soyuz MS-19 spaceship to film scenes for “The Challenge.” “Welcome to the International Space Station,” Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky tweeted from the ISS. They docked at the ISS, behind schedule at 12:22 GMT, after veteran cosmonaut and captain of their spacecraft, Anton Shkaplerov, switched to manual control.Īs the hatches opened, the Russian trio floated into the orbital station where they were greeted by two Russian, a French, a Japanese and three NASA astronauts. The Russian crew is set to beat a Hollywood project that was announced last year by “Mission Impossible” star Tom Cruise together with NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.Īctress Yulia Peresild, 37, and film director Klim Shipenko, 38, took off from the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan as scheduled. A Russian actress and director arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to begin a 12-day mission to make the first movie in orbit.

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