Shooting stars: Russians beating US in race for first film shot in space
by Ben Quinn from Science | The Guardian on (#5QCD7)
Actor and director on International Space Station push ahead of Hollywood project led by Tom Cruise
The list of firsts" in orbit under the Soviet space programme is legendary: first satellite, first dog, first man, first woman.
Now another looms after Russia sent an actor and a director to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of plans to make the first film in orbit - and once again put one over on the Americans.
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