Our very own One More Orbit crew member and NASA astronaut Col. Terry Virts made his debut as a documentary film director at the same time as our 46-hours and 40-minute flight mission was airborne and underway.

"Most documentaries get shot following the subject over months and sometimes even years. We only had 47 hours to shoot our documentary, and there would be no second chances to capture the action! Much like space flight, there was no margin for error. " -Col. Virts

As Col. Virts pointed out, the One More Orbit flight mission bore in fact many similarities to a space flight mission. Having spent over 7 months living in space and having flown space missions on both the American Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, Col. Virts served as the One More Orbit Mission Director and Documentary Film Director.  Although, a first-time film director, it was not Terry's first mission combining flight mission and film production. During EXP 42/43 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) Terry filmed images of Earth and Space for the IMAX Feature A Beautiful Planet, 2016. An IMAX production of which our DoP James Neihouse, ASC, was also the Director of Photography.