Russian actress Yulia Peresild and her director-cameraman, Klim Shipenko, and a veteran cosmonaut flew into orbit aboard the International Space Station <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-actress-cameraman-rocket-into-orbit-to-shoot-space-movie/" alt="to shoot the first film in space." class="on">to shoot the first film in space.</a> Peresild, who wore a bright red flight suit, played the role of a surgeon on an emergency house call to the station in the film The Challenge."Everything was new to us today, every 30 seconds brought something entirely new, we just met the rest of the crew, the cosmonauts and astronauts who've been living onboard the station for some time now. But I'm still in a dream,” said Peresild.

Live footage from the cockpit showed all three crew members monitoring instruments and displays as the booster flew out of the lower atmosphere through a clear blue sky. After a worry-free eight minutes and 45-second ascent, the spacecraft separated from the booster’s third stage and the crew went to a two-orbit rendezvous with the space station."This job would've been enormous even on Earth. We'll have ten days. But it won't be like ten regular 12-hour shooting days, rather like two to three hours a day, when the cosmonauts will be able to work with us. The rest of time Klim and I will be shooting with only me in the frame,” added Peresild.#Russian #RussianFilm #SpaceMovie #Astronaut #FilmInSpaceImage Credit: ROSCOSMOS/NASA

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