Watch | Trailer of First Film Shot for Real in Space

Moscow (Russia): The trailer of the film, ‘The Challenge,’ the first movie to be shot in space was released today. This movie was shot on the International Space Station. Directed by Klim Shipenko, this Russian feature film was shot on the Space Station in October 2021.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos along with actress Yulia Peresild and producer-director Kim Shipenko reached the Space Station in 2021 onboard Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft.

They stayed in the flying laboratory for about 12 days to shoot the film.

The crew was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the steppes of Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia.  The Russian movie focuses on a story of a doctor, portrayed by actress Yulia Peresild, who is asked to travel to the space station to save a cosmonaut’s life. Cosmonaut crew members are also set to appear in the film.