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Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko have successfully returned to Earth after filming a couple of scenes for their upcoming movie on the International Space Station. Accompanied by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who had spent nearly six months on the ISS, the trio landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday, according to the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. While the trio will undergo a series of post-flight medical examinations and rehabilitation, they were welcomed by a gala of space and film enthusiasts in Star City.
Oleg @novitskiy_iss and spaceflight participants Klim #Shipenko & Yulia #Peresild arrived in Star City, where they will undergo a medical examination, perform a program of post-flight scientific experiments and rehabilitation! Check out how many people are willing to meet them!🥳 pic.twitter.com/31QTBQGFrK
— GLAVKOSMOS (@glavkosmosJSC) October 17, 2021
While veteran actor Tom Cruise had announced his ambitious space project with NASA and SpaceX last year, the Hollywood superstar has been quite busy with the shoot of upcoming Mission: Impossible instalments. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Russian director Shipenko has wrapped the 12-day ISS shooting schedule and returned to Earth successfully as well.
#ICYMI: A veteran cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers returned to Earth from the space station overnight landing in Kazakhstan. More… https://t.co/CrQl3O1BUl pic.twitter.com/zaIRfJPEVM
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) October 17, 2021
The Russian space-drama which is currently titled as ‘The Challenge’ is also reported to feature cameo appearances by Russian cosmonauts as well. And one of them is said to be Anton Shkaplerov (49), who was a part of the spacecraft that helped Peresild and Shipenko ascend to the ISS, earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Novitskiy (50), who had arrived on the International Space Station in April, returned to Earth after 191 days in space. During his stay on ISS, Novitskiy completed three spacewalks (22 hours and 38 minutes) and clocked a total of 531 days in space as he completed his third stint in the orbit.
Touchdown after 191 days in space for @Novitskiy_ISS and 12 days in space for two Russian filmmakers! More… https://t.co/CrQl3O1BUl pic.twitter.com/kzXlCTr0og
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) October 17, 2021
Last month, Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX created history by launching the first-ever all-civilian crew in space that helped raise $200 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. And Amazon founder Jeff Bezos also fulfilling his dream of exploring space (earlier this year), 2021 has turned out to become quite an exciting year in terms of space travel.
Meanwhile, veteran actor William Shatner (90), who is known for playing the role of Captain James T Kirk in the television series Star Trek, became the oldest person to explore space as he joined Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space crew.
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