Overview
The mission crew includes Roscosmos commander and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Russian film producer Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild to the International Space Station. Yulia and Klim both landed aboard the MS-18 Capsule.
Shipenko and Peresild will spend about a week on the ISS before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz MS-18, with the intention of producing the first feature-length film ‘The Challenge’ to be shot in outer space, while Shkaplerov will remain in orbit over a longer period.
NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov will be using Soyuz MS-19 to return to Earth from a multi-month long stay on the ISS.