NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Tuesday that the space agency is working with Tom Cruise to create a film aboard the International Space Station.
“We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,” Bridenstine tweeted.
According to The Verge, Bridenstine and the space agency have not given further details. Deadline also said Cruise would work with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for the project, which would be a “narrative feature film” shot in space.
Neither Bridenstine nor NASA offered further details on whether the “Mission Impossible” and “Top Gun” actor or other actors would be launched to the space station for filming.
The ISS has been a working laboratory and crew quarters orbiting Earth for more than 20 years. Five space agencies are part of the joint ISS program: NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), CSA (Canada), ESA (Europe), and JAXA (Japan).
Many questions remain, including a timeline on when this could happen. SpaceX is scheduled to launch astronauts for the first time in its Crew Dragon spacecraft on May 27 from Florida’s Coast.
The launch will mark the first time American astronauts have launched from the U.S. since 2011.
Another question that remains is training. Astronauts spend years preparing for spaceflight. It will be interesting to see how Cruise, who is known for performing his own stunts, will train for the shoot.
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