Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Happy birthday, cosmonaut and actress Yulia Peresild!



Yulia Peresild, born September 5, 1984 in the former Soviet Union, is an actress and astronaut.  She went into space aboard Soyuz MS-19, launched October 5, 2021 to the International Space Station.  She traveled with her producer/director Klim Shipenko.  They stayed aboard the ISS for over 11 days, filming scenes for the Russian movie The Challenge.  She had to train to be a cosmonaut in order to do the movie.

She returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-18 October 17, 2021. 


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