WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has faced unique challenges while producing a new virtual reality documentary although factors such as weightlessness have also provided an advantage, Russian cosmonaut and ISS engineer Sergey Kud-Sverchkov told Sputnik.
In December, Russia’s Space Agency Roscosmos announced it is producing a documentary series – together with Canada’s Felix & Paul Studios – called “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience,” in a virtual reality format. The studio said filming will run through the first quarter of 2021.
Members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew
Due to the tight cosmonauts’ schedule, Kud-Sverchkov continued to say, there is often only one take possible. However, the environment also can provide some benefits.
Kud-Sverchkov noted that Russian crew members, including himself, and the expedition commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov, have taken part in the filming, while their American colleagues helped them install the camera on every shooting day.
A unique, specially produced camera is used that has the capability to film in space in a 360-degree format, he added.
A photo from the International Space Station (ISS)
Kud-Sverchkov said the task of the virtual reality format is to transfer the viewer to the station in order to experience the life of cosmonauts.
Kud-Sverchkov also underscored that in addition to work, the ISS is a real “space house”, and everyday episodes are part of a plot for filming. When asked why such a project as this documentary is interesting to him, Kud-Sverchkov said that he thinks it is important that more people learn about the ISS itself.
He said it is also important that the ISS experience project is international.
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