The British company Space Entertainment Enterprise would like to launch a film production studio module intended to connect to the International Space Station (ISS). Houston-based Axiom Space will be responsible for building the module.
The cinema invites itself into space today. A few months ago, a professional film crew made up of Russian actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko returned to Earth after spending twelve days on board the ISS. Filmed footage must incorporate a film titled "Вызов" ("The Challenge"). According to the plot, a female surgeon will be sent to the station to perform an emergency operation.
We also know that Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman also have to join the ISS to shoot several scenes for a movie. Moreover, the British company Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE), which is co-producing this next film, does not intend to stop there.
Producers recently announced plans to secure a studio to the Axiom segment of the orbital complexby December 2024. According to a statement, this module (currently named SEE-1) will be "intended to house movies, TV shows, music and sporting events as well as artists, producers and creatives who wish to create contained in the low orbit microgravity environment “.
Also according to this press release, the facilities will allow "the development, production, recording and live streaming of content ". The company also reportedly intends to produce its own content while making the module available to third parties .
This six meter diameter module will not be constructed of steel, but will be inflatable . It should be inspired by the technology used by the former company Bigelow Aerospace, which had grafted its Beam module in September 2016 to the International Space Station. Besides, NASA still continues to use it to store material.
Before the launch of its first module in 2024, Axiom also plans to organize and send crewed missions to the ISS. Ax-1, the very first of these missions, is to be launched on March 31 . The four crew members will be Michael López-Alegría, a professional astronaut, and Eytan Stibbe, a former fighter pilot and Israeli businessman. They will be accompanied by Larry Connor and Mark Pathy, two North American businessmen. All will remain on board for eight days.
Recall that the commercial section of Axiom could potentially detach by 2028 to 2030 to become a separate orbital platform when the ISS reaches its end of operational life.
