The brand new “space race” is heating up – and while you may think its mission is to get to the Moon or even Mars, this race has slightly less lofty but nonetheless exciting goals: to be the first to shoot a commercial movie in space.
Back in May last year, NASA confirmed it would be working with Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise to film a movie on the ISS after the Internet was aflutter with rumors. Cruise, who famously does all his own stunts, was to be the first actor to kick ass in space.
Not to be outdone, Russia piped up that it too was planning to film a movie on the ISS and was on the hunt for its leading lady, someone who could not only act but fulfill the physically challenging requirements necessary for real cosmonauts and astronauts navigating the space station.
The late James Doohan as Scotty. (Image: CBS/Viacom)
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Star Trek’s original Scotty, now live on board of the International Space Station. They’ve been there since 2008, and until now it’s been a secret.
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