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Movie Shot From Space Celebrates 50 Years Since Gagarin’s Orbit

This is the trailer for First Orbit a unique new film that’s due for global release via YouTube on April 12th, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first manned orbit of the Earth.

The 108-minute film was made by British filmmaker Chris Riley, who engaged the help of an astronaut on the International Space Station to shoot much of the footage.

Riley told TechLand: “The idea of the film is to convey a sense of what a single orbit of Earth actually feels like.”

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