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Russian actress Yulia Peresild participates in a press conference Thursday in Moscow. Credit: Roscosmos
Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday.
Russia clears actress, filmmaker for flight to International Space Station By William Harwood
Updated on: May 13, 2021 / 5:27 PM / CBS News
Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on October 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday. At the end of 2020, an open competition was announced for the lead role in the first feature film to be filmed in space, Roscosmos said on its website. Peresild, 36, and Shipenko, 37, were selected based on the results of medical and creative selection. Training will begin in June.
NASA Launches Private Astronaut Mission; Space Tickets Worth $55 Million – Report
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NASA and Axiom have teamed up to launch a private astronaut mission set to bring civilians to outer space no earlier than January 2022
Tickets to the International Space Station are priced at $55 million each, reports say
The four-man crew will be led by former NASA astronaut and space station commander Michael López-Alegría
NASA and Houston-based startup Axiom Space have partnered to launch the world s first-ever commercial spaceflight mission. The private astronaut mission headed to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to take off no earlier than January 2022, the space agency has revealed.
The ISS could host space tourists as soon as January Engadget 5 days ago Kris Holt
Space tourism will ramp up in the coming months, with both Blue Origin and SpaceX looking to take civilians into orbit this year. Looking a little further ahead, more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station are in the pipeline, and NASA s first one could take place as early as January.
NASA and Axiom Space have agreed to take civilans to the ISS. Axiom Mission 1 will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than January 2022, according to NASA. The four astronauts, who will travel on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, are scheduled to spend eight days aboard the ISS. They ll bring back scientific samples for NASA that have to be kept in cold storage.