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First Orbit is a 2011 feature-length, experimental documentary film about Vostok 1, the first human space flight around the Earth.By matching the orbit of the International Space Station to that of Vostok 1 as closely as possible, in terms of ground track and time of day, documentary filmmaker Christopher Riley and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli were able to film the view that ...
The year 2011 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle after its final flight in July 2011, and the launch of China's first space station module, Tiangong-1, in September. A total of 84 orbital launches were conducted over the course of the year, of which 78 were successful.
Legends of Flight: 9 June 2010: 3D [8] Born to Be Wild: 8 April 2011: 3D: The Tree of Life: 27 May 2011: Not screened in IMAX theatres. [9] Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol: 16 December 2011 [10] The Dark Knight Rises: 16 July 2012 [11] Star Trek Into Darkness: 17 May 2013: Converted to 3D. Cropped to 1.66:1 [12] Jerusalem: 18 September ...
Failed attempts to shoot films in outer space Year Title Country Notes 2003 Thiefs and Prostitutes. Spaceflight is the Prize Russia: Actor Vladimir Steklov trained and was assigned for a 2000 flight on Soyuz TM-30 to film scenes for the movie on Mir. [7] The plans were scrapped due to lack of funding, [8] and space scenes were filmed in studio ...
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Conquest of Space: 1955: A team of astronauts on a space station leave on the first mission to Mars. [10] The commanding officer gradually suffers a mental breakdown as the mission proceeds, prompting divided loyalties within the crew. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: 2001: The feature film spin-off of the Japanese anime series is set on Mars. [9] Doom ...
Final flight of Endeavour. 288 Sergey Volkov (2) Satoshi Furukawa Michael E. Fossum (3) 7 June 2011 Soyuz TMA-02M: ISS (crew 28/29) 22 November 2011 Soyuz TMA-02M: ISS crew rotation. 289 Christopher Ferguson (3) Douglas G. Hurley (2) Sandra Magnus (3) Rex J. Walheim (3) 8 July 2011 STS-135, Atlantis: ISS: 21 July 2011 STS-135, Atlantis: ISS ...
Films about astronauts, persons trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the term is sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists