Topic: Movie Premiere: First Orbit

[sam]

50 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the world’s first human to go into space. What did he see? He described it fairly well, but there are limited pictures and no video from his time in orbit. Now, through a unique collaboration between a filmmaker and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on board the International Space Station, high definition video of what Gagarin might have seen has been woven together with historic recordings of the flight (subtitled in English) to create a new, free film called “First Orbit” that has now been released. This movie is a real time recreation of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering first orbit, shot entirely in space from on board the International Space Station. The film combines this new footage with Gagarin’s original mission audio and a new musical score by composer Philip Sheppard. For more information about the movie see the First Orbit website.

http://www.universetoday.com/84768/movie-premiere-first-orbit/

and

http://www.firstorbit.org/

[Clive]

Would be nice to see on IMAX. 

[Simon]

I've never seen a film in IMAX.  Must try to, one day. 

[sam]

well worth it.