Axiom Space plans to build a movie studio module for the International Space Station by 2024

 Lights, camera, main engine ignition! Is Tom Cruise set to become the James Cameron of space movies?

Lights, camera, main engine ignition! Is Tom Cruise set to become the James Cameron of space movies?(Image credit: Paramount Pictures/SEE)

A movie production studio module is planned to connect to the International Space Station.

The inflatable space station module that the company is building will include a sports arena and a production studio.

The module is intended to host films, television, music and sports events as well as artists, producers and creatives who want to make them. The company intends to make its own content and events in the module while also making it available to third parties.

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The concept artwork makes us think that it looks like a golf ball or a motion controller. It has a diameter of about 6 meters.

The SEE-1 module may look like a galactic-sized golfball, but it will contain a complete production studio

The SEE-1 module may look like a galactic-sized golfball, but it will contain a complete production studio. (Image credit: SEE)

Mike Suffredini, the CEO of Axiom Space, served as the program manager for the International Space Station from 2005 to 2015. Kam Ghaffarian is the executive chairman of the company that trains NASA astronauts and other agency personnel.

The module will dock on the commercial section of the International Space Station, named Axiom Station, which the company hopes to have launched by late 2024. The space station will be connected to the Axiom Station, which will offer other commercial opportunities, such as space tourism. This could become a separate platform for the International Space Station as it reaches the end of its operational lifespan.

NASA wants to help private space stations.

Elena and Dmitry Lesnevsky are the co-owners of SEE, and they are currently planning a fundraising round.

The average weight of a U.S. adult is more than $200,000, and the cost per kilogram for the Falcon 9 rocket is more than $2,700. The cost of staying up there can range from $88,000 to $164,000 per person per day.

Tom Cruise has made some quality science fiction flicks including "Oblivion" and "Edge of Tomorrow"

Tom Cruise has made some quality science fiction flicks including "Oblivion" and "Edge of Tomorrow" (Image credit: Universal Pictures)

Cruise, who is worth $600 million, has a reputation for his adherence to action and performing as many stunts as he can. The production of Mission: Impossible was halted because Cruise was training to be a helicopter stunt pilot. He trained for a year to perform the High Altitude Low opening stunt in the film. He landed his helicopter in Battersea in London as a promotional stunt for the movie, and he has held a full pilot's license since 1994.

The next step for this real life Action Man is to fly straight up on top of a rocket and make a movie.

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