Astro Samantha

original title:

Astro Samantha

directed by:

cast:

Samantha Cristoforetti, Manton Shkaplerov, Terry Virts, Giancarlo Giannini

cinematography:

Alberto Di Pasquale

editing:

music:

Fabio Mandarà

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2015

film run:

83'

format:

colour

release date:

01/03/2016

festivals & awards:

  • Rome Film Fest 2015: Preaperture
  • Visioni dal mondo 2015: fuori concorso
  • Sunscreen Film Festival West 2015: in concorso
  • Russian International Film Fest 2015

Aunique and intimate portrait of the Space record woman, Samantha Cristoforetti, and her spaceflight to the International Space Station. Samantha is the female astronaut who has spent the most time in Space, she is the astronaut from the ESA who has spent the highest number of consecutive days in Space, she has traveled 130 million km, the longest ever voyage by any woman, she is the first person to have brewed and drunk an espresso in space, she is the first Italian woman in Space.