The New York Times calls Peresild's space flight “unique”
On Tuesday, October 5, the world's first crew of filmmakers departed from the Baikonur cosmodrome to the International Space Station. The Associated Press celebrates the spirit of competition between the Russian film and space industry and the American one.
“NASA confirmed last year that they discussed shooting onboard the ISS with Tom Cruise. SpaceX offered to deliver the actor there. In May 2020, it was reported that Cruz will be engaged in a project with director Doug Liman, Elon Musk and NASA, ”reminds AP.
The British newspaper The Times believes that the mission of Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko is “to return some shine to the Russian space program and to defeat Tom Cruise on the big screen.” Cruz is unlikely to go into space this year.
The Guardian newspaper writes that Peresild's flight reminded of Soviet achievements in space exploration. In turn, The New York Times calls the flight of the Russians “unique”.
“At one time, only cosmonauts could visit the Earth's orbit, but soon” more and more visitors will more likely resemble Mrs. Peresild and Mr. Shipenko than the highly qualified cosmonaut [Anton] Shkaplerov, “says the author
The Washington Post also recalls the Soviet-American space race – the States were the first to send astronauts to the moon, and the USSR was the first to put a man into space.
The Spanish-language version of the Swiss media corporation Swissinfo called Julia Peresild “the first movie star” to fly into space.
“Celebrities and multimillionaires have already flown to the ISS as tourists, but no actress has ever been in orbit to act in films,” the article says.
French Le Parisien calls Peresild and Shipenko's flight “premiere”.
The Norwegian broadcaster NRK notes that previously only documentaries were shot in space. “These projects were based on video recordings made by astronauts,” the article says.
“Peresild and Sipenko will record enough material to fill 35 to 40 minutes of the film,” NRK reports.
Another French newspaper, Les Echos, begins its article about the flight with the words of the world's first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin: “Let's go!”
“Go! The good old Soyuz rocket, sixty years after the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, sent two cosmonauts to the ISS. On board: actress Yulia Peresild with a make-up bag and director Klim Shipenko with a movie camera, ”the article says.
The German newspaper Die Welt, in turn, notes that “Russia wants to make money on space tourists in the future. They say that a seat in the Soyuz spacecraft is worth 50 million US dollars. “
The day before, Yulia Peresild, already on board the ISS, shared her impressions of what was happening.
“Everything was new with us today. Every ten seconds brought something new. We, of course, have just met everyone who has lived on the ISS for a long time – now we will get to know each other. I still feel like I’m asleep, ”Peresild said during a video call.
Director Shipenko agreed with her – he also cannot believe that he was on the ISS. The director called everything related to the flight “a pleasant shock.”
