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Russia launches first film crew to International Space Station

Moscow, Oct 5 (UNI/Sputnik) Russia's Soyuz-2.1a carrier that will bring actress Yulia Peresild, movie director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to the International Space Station (ISS) was launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur spaceport, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site.
The crew will shoot the first professional feature film in space, titled Challenge.
Approximately 9.5 minutes after takeoff, Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft will separate from the third stage of the carrier and head to the ISS. It will take the spacecraft about three hours and 17 minutes to dock to the ISS.
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