First movie to be made in space is underway by Russian film crew

A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit.

Their Soyuz MS-19 lifted off as scheduled at 1:55 p.m. (0855 GMT) from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and successfully reached the designated orbit.  In this handout photo released by Roscosmos, Actress Yulia Peresild, left, director Klim Shipenko' right, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, members of the prime crew of Soyuz MS-19 spaceship pose at the Russian launch facility in the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Andrey Shelepin, Roscosmos Space Agency via AP) (Andrey Shelepin, Roscosmos Space Agency via AP) In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency, the Soyuz-2.1, a rocket booster with Soyuz MS-19 space ship carrying actress Yulia Peresild, film director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions, to make a feature film in orbit. (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP) (Roscosmos Space Agency via AP)

Space officials reported that the crew was feeling fine and all spacecraft systems were functioning normally.