Russian movie to be filmed after crew docks with the ISS

Actress Yulia Peresild (left), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (middle), director Klim Shipenko (right) crew of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft that flew to the ISS Oct. 5. Credit: Roscosmos

A Soyuz spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Oct. 5 carrying a cosmonaut as well as an actress and director who will film scenes for a Russian movie.

The three cosmonaut crewed Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS with veteran spacecraft’s commander, Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko.

I find this mission extremely interesting because Peresild is playing a doctor sent to the space station to perform heart surgery on a cosmonaut so he can return home.

How are they going to act out performing open heart surgery on the ISS while keeping the equipment on board safe from floating bits that come along with performing open heart surgery? I'm sure this has all been planned out, it is a fascinating mission and something I think should happen more often.

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