Astronauts watch space movie on screen that’s out of this world

Space station astronauts have finally hit the big time, at least when it comes to the big screen.

U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Korniyenko, crew members of the mission to the International Space Station, ISS, gesture as they walk to a bus from a hotel prior the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Image by (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly told the Associated Press that he and the rest of the crew are enjoying the 65in projection screen that was delivered to the International Space Station nearly two weeks ago. The rolled-up screen came up on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Mr Kelly said the screen is useful for work as well as entertainment. Last weekend, for instance, the crew used it to watch the space film Gravity. Until the projection screen arrived, astronauts had been stuck using their laptops for video conferences, training sessions and films. The Texas manufacturer, Screen Innovations, calls it the Viewscreen, the same name used by the fictional Star Trek crew.

(Press Association)