Samantha Cristoforetti

En circunstancias inusuales, científicos de diferentes países trabajan juntos para lograr un objetivo científico común. Encerrados en su laboratorio espacial giratorio, están aislados del mundo (familiares y amigos) y solo pueden observar desde el exterior cómo la vida en la Tierra continúa sin ellos. La estación espacial es un monumento no solo a las debilidades de la humanidad, sino también a su capacidad para hacer lo imposible por el bien de la vida en el espacio.

July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon. Such a feat was apparently performed to the greater glory of all mankind, but actually it marked the end of the space race disputed by the two great superpowers of the time in their eagerness to arrive before and the beginning of the spread of the Cold War into space. Nowadays, the struggle continues, but the main competitors and their purposes are others.

Can Homo sapiens evolve into Homo spatius? For over 50 years now, we have been testing our human nature in our effort to conquer outer space, and still 30 years away from a possible human exploration of Mars, a question remains: Can our body take such travels? Will it ever adapt? Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, this film offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.

Un magnífico planeta azul salpicado con nubes de gasa, un lugar hermoso… que está cambiando. Este documental explora la Tierra desde una nueva perspectiva: el espacio exterior, mostrando un punto de vista que hasta ahora quedaba reservado para los astronautas y haciendo énfasis en la necesidad de cuidar el planeta que es nuestro hogar.

The film opens with images of the Ariane 5 launch base in the jungle of French Guyana. Then a weightless frog in space, tropical plants mixed with technological models of the Star City in Moscow, an iguana in the role of Donna Haraway's cyborg and the incredible archival images of space agencies around the world. "No Gravity" is a film between science and fiction, seen from a queer, lesbian and feminist point of view.