Return from Orbit

Return from Orbit
Directed byAleksandr Surin
Written byEvgeniy Mesyatsev
Starring
CinematographySergei Stasenko
Music byEduard Artemyev
Production
company
Release date
  • 20 August 1984 (1984-08-20) (Soviet Union)[1]
Running time
84 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian
Return from Orbit
Cast launched to Salyut 7 for the film
Space career
A Film Shot On Space Station
Time in space
149 d, 10 h, 45 m (total production time unknown)
MissionsSoyuz T-9

Return from Orbit (Russian: Возвращение с орбиты, romanizedVozvraschenie s orbiti) is a Soviet 1984 science fiction film directed by Aleksandr Surin.[2][3] It featured scenes filmed in orbit onboard Salyut 7 space station and Soyuz T-9 spacecraft.[4]

The film depicts an accident on an orbital station where a meteor storm results in a life-threatening injury for the mission commander which requires an emergency return to Earth. An experienced team is sent to evacuate the crew and repair the station, but faces another serious incident which puts their own lives in grave danger.

  1. ^ "Return from Orbit (1984) - Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Энциклопедия кино — ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ С ОРБИТЫ". dic.academic.ru.
  3. ^ "Возвращение с орбиты". Vremya.
  4. ^ Советскую "Гравитацию" сняли в 80-х — Российская газета