Ever wondered how floating around the International Space Station is microgravity feels like? Well, this new video from French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is aboard ISS, might answer all your questions. The video is shot with a 360-degree camera and takes you on a journey from the station’s Node 3 module, also called Tranquility.
A message accompanying the video says “immerse yourself in this brief but unique fly-through [of] humankind’s orbital outpost.” As the 360-degree nature of the video lets viewers spin around to explore the module interiors, you can watch the footage multiple times and find something unique every time.
Informative ISS videos help folks learn
Moving through the five different modules, you’ll soon realize the amount of technology packed in the orbital outpost, which has been orbiting our planet at an altitude of 250 miles for the last 20 years. Pesquet will soon be coming back to Earth after his second six-month stint aboard the ISS in five years.
During his current stay, he has posted several videos that have helped people learn more about the station’s main modules. Most of these videos are shot using a 360-degree camera.
Speaking of shooting aboard ISS, Klim Shipenko, the Russian director made history by shooting a film called “The Challenge” aboard the orbital outpost. He recently told the media that he wants to shoot a sequel of the film on Moon or Mars.
Shooting more films is space
The filmmaker and the actress Yulia Peresild and cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky returned to Earth, where the rest of the film was shot immediately after they landed. “We’re ready,” Shipenko told Reuters. “We believe space cinema should be filmed in space. If it’s about the Moon, let’s go to the Moon, if it’s Mars, let’s go to Mars.” He added, “Why not? Why should cinema be filmed in a studio?”
The plot of the film shows the actress performing surgery in space, which is something that’s only done on animals for the sake of experiments in orbit. It’s still unclear how the setup for a fictional surgery would look like.
