Soyuz MS-19 launches film crew to ISS

The Soyuz MS-19 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lifted off at 08:55 UTC (04:55 EDT) on Tuesday, October 5 from Site 31/6 in Kazakhstan, before manually docking. For the first time, an actress and film producer/director — Yulia Pereslid and Klim Shipenko, respectively — who will spend 12 days on the outpost filming a movie – The Challenge. This will mark the first time a feature film will be shot in space.