{
  "id": 19165681,
  "title": "Riz Ahmed Boards Elham Ehsas’ Short Film ‘Forgotten Spaceman’ About Afghanistan’s First Astronaut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/riz-ahmed-boards-elham-ehsas-short-film-forgotten-spaceman-about",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:24:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/11/riz-ahmed-forgotten-spaceman-afghanistan-astronaut-1237217231/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Riz Ahmed has come on board Forgotten Spaceman, Elham Ehsas’ short film about Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan’s first and only astronaut. Ahmed is now an executive producer on the documentary film, which counts Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films among its producers. The short’s festival run has included Locarno, Toronto and London’s LFF. It has just […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}