There is a body of films that feature space stations. Science fiction films are the most popular genre to have featured both real-life space stations such as the International Space Station and Mir as well as fictional ones such as the Death Star and the Satellite of Love.
Film | Release year | Space station | Spacecraft transporting the crew | Spacecraft transporting the filming equipment | Cast aboard the space station during production | Time aboard on space station during production | Time shot on space station during production | Reference |
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Return from Orbit | 1984 | Salyut 7 | Soyuz T-9 | Soyuz T-9 |
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27 June - 23 November 1983 (149 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | Unknown | [1] |
Apogee of Fear |
2012 | International Space Station | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12/STS-124 | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 |
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14 - 24 October 2008 (11 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes) |
8 minutes | [2] |
Yolki 5 | 2016 | International Space Station | Soyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M | Soyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M/Soyuz MS-02 | Mikhail Kornienko (Astronaut) | 27 June - 23 November 1983 (340 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | 3-4 minutes | [3][4] |
Soyuz MS-02 | Soyuz MS-02 | Andrey Borisenko (Astronaut) | 27 June - 23 November 1983 (340 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | |||||
The Challenge (Vyzov) |
2023 | International Space Station | Soyuz MS-19/18 | Progress MS-17/Soyuz MS-18 |
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5 - 17 October 2021 (11 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes) |
35-40 minutes | [5] |