Science & Technology: To film the space station

For a film in space, Russia wants director Klim Schipenko For a film in space, Russia wants to fly the director Klim Schipenko (“Salyut-7 – Fatal Race in Space”) and an actress to the space station at an altitude of about 400 kilometers. The flight is planned in six months – for September 20 -, said the head of the cosmonaut training center, Pavel Vlasov, of the Russian space agency Roskosmos published magazine “Russkij Kosmos”. The return to earth is planned for October.

The name of the actress for the film with the working title “Wysow” (challenge) was not given by Vlasov. The state agency Ria Novosti reported two weeks ago that 20 finalists had been selected from 3000 applications for the role. In addition to trained actresses, this includes pilots, psychologists and research assistants. Roskosmos and the state-run TV broadcaster Perwy Kanal announced that the film, parts of which are being shot in the cosmos, aims to heroically portray the cosmonaut’s profession. The US was also planning a shoot on the ISS, with Hollywood star Tom Cruise.

But not only filmmakers have apparently discovered the ISS for themselves: The British musician Sally Robinson (22) told the PA news agency that her song “Moonlit Skies” was being sent to the International Space Station at the instigation of US astronaut Scott Kelly. “I can hardly believe it,” said the Cardiff artist. Kelly wrote to her: “This is really cool, I’m sending it to the ISS.”

The song published on Sunday had already been played in research facilities at the South and North Poles. It is part of a series of songs about the elements air, earth, fire and water, said the student, who describes her music as the “indie side of folk”. Your goal is that the songs are played in a corresponding environment. With the project Robinson wants to combine her interest in music and science and show that scientists are normal people who are also interested in music.