A Russian film crew has returned to Earth after recording scenes for the first space movie aboard the International Space Station. If everything goes according to plan, the crew will beat Tom Cruise’s Hollywood endeavour with SpaceX and NASA in 2020. The actors and director have safely returned to Kazakhstan after a 12-day mission in orbit.
They were joined by actor Yulia Peresild and producer-director Klim Shipenko on their Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft as they left the International Space Station. Nasa has confirmed the accuracy of this information.
Klim Shipenko and Yulia Peresild arrived in Kazakhstan’s grasslands on time and in good spirits on Sunday morning, just as they had planned. Russia’s space agency broadcast live footage of their successful landing.
Assisting the crew on their return to Earth was cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky. Oleg Novitsky had also spent six months aboard the space station.
It hasn’t been an easy undertaking. A few weeks ago, when the film crew was housed on the International Space Station, Shkaplerov was forced to use manual control.
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During a Friday test flight by Russian pilots, the thruster on the MS-18 spacecraft, which will bring the crew back to Earth, abruptly ignited. According to a NASA source, it caused havoc at the space centre for around 30 minutes.
The Story of the Film
The plot and budget of the film have been mostly kept under wraps, therefore no specifics regarding the plot have been discovered yet. We do know, however, that the plot centres around a doctor deployed to the International Space Station in order to save a cosmonaut. Shkaplerov, as well as the two Russian cosmonauts currently on the International Space Station (ISS), are expected to make brief appearances in the film.
Russian Achievements in Space
Sputnik, the Soviet Union’s first satellite, was launched into orbit. On top of that, they launched the first canine named Laika into space as well as the first man and woman into orbit.
In comparison to the Soviet Union, modern Russia has remained stagnant. As the Kremlin focuses on military spending, the country’s space sector is currently suffering from a lack of public funding.
Its space programme is still reliant on Soviet-designed technology, and it has suffered a number of setbacks due to controversies around corruption and unsuccessful launches.
Russia is likewise falling behind the United States and China in the global contest for space. Due to Beijing’s recent insistence in the field, that is.
Concluding Remarks
We can only hope that the shooting in space is complete now that the Russian team has safely returned to Earth. That we will be able to see a film shot in space for the first time in theatres soon is certainly startling. So, we’re keeping our fingers crossed that our sources will provide us with further information about the movie’s premise and release date. We’ll let you know as soon as we have more information.
