Tom CruiseJames Devaney | Getty ImagesNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine mentioned in a tweet that his company working with actor Tom Cruise for a movie on board the Worldwide House Station.Deadline first reported that Cruise was working with NASA. That report additionally mentioned that SpaceX is concerned, however NASA declined to remark when CNBC requested if Elon Musk’s area firm was engaged on the mission as nicely.SpaceX didn’t reply to CNBC’s requests for remark.NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley buckled into the Crew Dragon capsule for SpaceX Demo-2.SpaceXIt would make sense for SpaceX to be concerned in Cruise’s orbital film plans, given offers the corporate has signed already to fly non-professional astronauts to the area station. Earlier this 12 months, SpaceX unveiled that it signed an settlement with Houston-based start-up Axiom, to fly three privately paying vacationers to the ISS. That mission is scheduled to launch within the second half of 2021, Axiom mentioned, utilizing a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. It will final 10 days – two days of journey and eight days on board the area station – and can embody an Axiom “commander” to help the three prospects.SpaceX can also be launching 4 personal vacationers with House Adventures, on a “free-flying” mission that can orbit the Earth.Subscribe to CNBC PRO for unique insights and evaluation, and reside enterprise day programming from all over the world.
