Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, earning Moscow a key win in the Cold War, Russia is again in a space race with Washington.
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Russian actress Yulia Peresild, 36, embraces media manager, producer Konstantin Ernst during a press conference at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City outside Moscow on May 13, 2021. - Russia's space agency said on May 13, 2021 it was sending an actress and a director to the International Space Station in October to make the first feature film in space. "Filming will take place at the International Space Station. The start of the expedition is scheduled for October 5, 2021 from the Baikonur cosmodrome on the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport spacecraft," Roscosmos said in a statement. Actress Yulia Peresild, 36, and director Klim Shipenko, 37, will undergo special training, including tests on a centrifuge and flights in zero gravity, starting no later than 1 June.
