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The space race takes a new turn, and now a very artistic one, as it comes to the movies. And it is that Russia has just launched the trailer of ‘The challenge‘ (The Challenge), the first movie completely recorded in the space which was shot in 2021. The feature film describes the plot of the surgeon Zhenya (Yulia Peresild) who must travel to the International Space Station to perform heart surgery on an astronaut who cannot return to Earth for treatment.
The role of the astronaut in ‘The challenge‘, first movie shot in the space she is played by real-life Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy. The feature film was produced by the Yellow, Black and White studio and Channel One Russia, a television station administered by the government of Vladimir Putin, together with the Russian space agency, Roscomos and according to the creators of this peculiar film the objective is “to popularize the space activities of that nation.
“The challenge“He also wants to exalt the role of astronauts so that more members of the younger generations are encouraged to study this profession. According to the details provided by the same production, Yulia Peresild, who is one of the most recognized actresses in Russia and the producer and director Klim Shipenko traveled to the International Space Station (ISS), 402 kilometers from Earth, to shoot the film together with veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov in October 2021.
Veteran astronaut Shkaplerov served as a consultant to the actress and the production, who filmed the first movie in space with serving cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy. The tape was developed in 12 days and for the members of the feature film to travel they had to undergo various medical, psychological and physical tests that could ensure that they were ready to travel outside planet Earth.
The space race between Russia and the United States is more alive than ever
Yes ok “The challenge” is the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in the space It is not the first project to be recorded on the International Space Station (ISS), as previous multimedia materials include a 2022 IMAX documentary narrated by Tom Cruise and an eight-minute sci-fi tape shot in 2012 by the entrepreneur and space tourist Richard Garriott.
After the feat performed by Russiato record the first feature film in the space which bears the name The challengeNow it is the United States that seeks to do the same by sending Tom Cruise as the leading actor and director Doug Liman, who are waiting to obtain permission to make their own film, together with NASA and Elon Musk’s Space X. Meanwhile, the Russian film “The Callenge” will be released on April 12.
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