Russian film crew blast-off to make first movie in space Actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off on Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft with veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. Live Updates: A Russian Film Crew Has Boarded the Space Station.An actress and a director traveled to the International Space Station, aiming to shoot scenes from the first feature film made in orbit. Russian actor blasts off to attempt a world first: a movie in spaceA Russian actress and a film director blasted off for the International Space Station on Tuesday, beating Tom Cruise in the race to shoot the first movie in space. Russian actor, director blast off to make first movie in spaceActor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko will be in space for 12 days to record scenes of the film, Challenge. Russia sends actress and director to International Space Station to make first movie in spaceThe small film crew is expected to spend 12 days at the International Space Station making a movie called The Challenge about an emergency involving cosmonauts. Russian actor and director arrive at space station to make first film in orbitPair likely to beat Hollywood project announced by Tom Cruise, Nasa and Elon Musk’s SpaceX Shooting stars: Russians beating Hollywood in race for first space filmActor and director filming on International Space Station push ahead of US project led by Tom Cruise Russians beat Tom Cruise as first to film a movie in spaceVeteran Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actor Yulia Peresild and film producer Klim Shipenko traveled to the International Space Station on Tuesday. Peresild and Shipenko will be filming segments for the movie "Challenge," the first feature film shot