First Film Shot in Space
The first feature film shot in space premiered in Russian cinemas…
The film “The Challenge” is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station to save an injured cosmonaut.
Russia sent an actress and a film director for a 12-day stint on the International Space Station in October 2021 to film scenes aboard the orbiting laboratory
“The Challenge” is the first feature film shot in space.
In “The Challenge” a surgeon played by 38-year-old YuliaPeresild — one of Russia’s most glamorous actresses — is sent to the ISS to save a cosmonaut injured during a spacewalk.
Director KlimShipenko, 39, who was in charge of camera, lighting and sound, brought back 30 hours of footage, 50 minutes of which were used in the final cut.
Peresild and Shipenko underwent training for four months before going to space on a Soyuz spacecraft accompanied by a cosmonaut.
-Team ScienceNow
