Moscow-Sana
A Russian crew including an actress and director has arrived at the International Space Station to shoot the first feature film in Earth orbit.
The Soyuz rocket carrying actress Yulia Peresild, 37, director Klim Chebenko, 38, and veteran astronaut Anton Shkaplerov, docked with the International Space Station at 21:22 GMT, ten minutes later than originally scheduled, after Shkaplerov moved to the control system. manual.
The spacecraft, a Soyuz MS-91, took off at 8:55 GMT from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on a mission that is expected to last 12 days before the crew returns to Earth on October 17.
The Russian team is seeking to precede an American film project in Earth's orbit, starring Tom Cruise, and its schedule is not yet known.