People – Tom Cruise is a little closer to his ambitious space plan.
The actor is reportedly set to blast off to the International Space Station in October 2021, according to a tweet from the Space Shuttle Almanac account. The account tracks the calendar for crews flying up to the ISS, and a new tweet shows Cruise is scheduled on a SpaceX flight along with director Doug Liman.
The two are scheduled for the SpaceX Dragron crew flight under Tourist 1 and Tourist 2, alongside pilot Michael López-Alegría. Liman has the designation “director” next to his name, pointing at the possibility that the duo will be filming once they get to space.
The film is said to be an action adventure, but it reportedly will not be the next installment in Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise. Cruise’s longtime collaborator Liman has also worked with the star on Edge of Tomorrow and American Made.
With the arrival of the @MBRSpaceCentre Astronauts @astro_hazzaa and @Astro_Alneyadi at @NASA_Johnson this week, can we assume they are the two Emirati crew members who will make the 6 mth stay on the #ISS in Oct 2022? pic.twitter.com/b2Sdr06hUc
— Space Shuttle Almanac (@ShuttleAlmanac) September 21, 2020