Oleg Novitskiy

Oleg Viktorovich Novitsky (; also tr. Novitskiy; born October 12, 1971) is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian Air Force who logged over 700 hours of flight time and was awarded for bravery. He also served as a Russian cosmonaut with Roscosmos and participated in multiple expeditions, during which he spent over 545 days in space.

Biography Novitsky was born on October 12, 1971, in Cherven, a Belarusian town of Minsk Region. He graduated from school No.2 in Cherven in 1988 and entered the Borisoglebsk Military Pilot School named after V. Chkalov.

In 1994 he graduated from the Kachinskoye Military Pilot School named after A. Myasnikov, where he studied at the department specializing in command tactical aviation. Novitsky was certified as a pilot-engineer. Between September and December 1995, Novitsky served as a pilot-instructor in the fighter aviation regiment of V. Chkalov Training Center. From December 1995 to June 2004 he served in a variety of positions, from pilot to air squadron deputy commander at the fighter air regiment of the 1st Guard Composite Air Division of the 4th Air Army and Air Defense Army of the North Caucasus Military Command.

Graduated in 2006 from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy specializing in military units/Air Force detachments management.

Cinematography

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (commander) and Klim Shipenko, the director of the film The Challenge together with the film's star, Yulia Peresild, will go to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-19 scheduled for October 5, 2021. The drama is a joint project of Roscosmos, Russia's Channel One and the Yellow, Black and White studio. Since May 24 the crew members have been training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Alternates trained for the mission and filming are actress Alyona Mordovina and director Alexey Dudin and the commander Oleg Artemyev. On July 23, 2021, the prime crew participated in a four-hour simulation inside a Soyuz replica while wearing the Sokol suit, and on July 30, the spacecraft began its pre-launch preparation.

The director and actress returned to Earth on October 17, 2021, on Soyuz MS-18, with Commander Oleg Novitsky, who will play the role of a cosmonaut who needs medical assistance in the film. Soyuz MS-19 landed on 30 March 2022.

Movie portion to be shot on ISS Klim Shipenko shot about 35–40 minutes of film on the ISS, as well as taking on the position of director, operator, art director, and makeup artist. Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov will appear in the film, with Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei assisting in the production. Shkaplerov will appear in some scenes of the movie.

Honors and awards Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation medals: Hero of the Russian Federation “For Participation in Military Operations” “For Military Virtue”, II degree “For Distinguished Military Service”, I, II and III degree “For Service in the Air Force”. Veteran of Military Operations