---
title: "Russian Actress Arrives at International Space Station"
description: "Russian actress Yulia Peresild just arrived at the International Space Station alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching early Tuesday morning."
date: "2021-10-05"
modified: "2021-10-05"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/russian-film-crew-arrives-international-space-station"
categories:
  - "International Space Station"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "international space station"
  - "Roscosmos"
  - "Russia"
  - "the digest"
---

# Russian Actress Arrives at International Space Station

![Russian actress Yulia Peresild just arrived at the International Space Station alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching early Tuesday morning.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/russian-film-crew-arrives-international-space-station.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Roscosmos\</em\>*

## Space Movie

Russian actress Yulia Peresild [just arrived at the International Space Station](<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/science/russia-space-launch.html>), alongside director Klim Shipenko after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Tuesday morning local time.

Their task is to film the [first-ever](<https://futurism.com/russia-first-shoot-movie-in-space>) feature-length film in space — a project Russia’s space agency head Dmitry Rogozin is hoping will [bring attention](<https://futurism.com/head-russian-space-program-accuses-journalist-war-crimes>) to the country's space ambitions and attract young talent as well.

The duo traveled to the station on board a Soyuz spacecraft, but their journey wasn't without its hiccups. The capsule's arrival was delayed due to software problems as well as "ratty comms" with mission control in Moscow, one official [told *The New York Times*](<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/science/russia-space-launch.html>).

Veteran astronaut Anton Shkaplerov, the third member of the crew, had to manually steer the capsule to the docking port on the station's Russian segment.

## The Challenge

The crew will spend about a week on board the orbital outpost filming scenes for a project with the working title "The Challenge," about a surgeon who travels to the space station to save a cosmonaut's life.

According to Russian TV station Channel One, the movie will include 35 to 40 minutes of footage taken on the ISS.

Though Russia now has a head start, Hollywood is close on its heels.

Tom Cruise is in [talks with NASA and SpaceX](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-sending-actor-space-before-tom-cruise>) to to film an action-adventure movie on board the ISS as well. Details are sparse, though, and a filming schedule has yet to be confirmed.

**READ MORE:** [Live Updates: A Russian Film Crew Has Arrived at the Space Station.](<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/science/russia-space-launch.html>) \[*The New York Times*\]

**More on Russia's space ambitions:** *[A Film Crew Is Launching to the International Space Station Next Week](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/film-crew-launching-international-space-station>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/vtanger.bsky.social>)