Another challenge is the limited space aboard

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He’s a real pro,” says Scott Altman, who before his time in space with NASA was one of four F-14 Tomcat pilots selected by the U.S. Navy to star in “Top Gun: Maverick.” Cruise sat behind Altman as he performed aerial stunts.

"I was impressed by his approach. He was attentive and respectful and took flying very seriously. I noticed his genuine interest in aviation," Altman said.


Tom Cruise in the Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES). Pictured (left to right): astronaut Charlie Precourt, Bill Todd, Sharon McDougal, Tom Cruise and George Britting. Photo: NASA

Filming in space
Some articles describe Cruise's project as "the first film to be shot in space." But there are other projects that could claim that status.

In 1984, a wide-format movie camera was used to film NASA's 11th space bangladesh number data shuttle mission. The producer and director remained on Earth, while the astronauts took over as cinematographers. For the 37-minute episode The Dream Is Alive (1985), IMAX cameras had to be used on three missions.



IMAX cameras accompanied most of the space shuttle flights. In later missions, astronauts filmed scenes in 3D and used high-definition digital cameras. Five more IMAX films featuring scenes from space have been released.

According to Altman, who worked on the IMAX documentary Hubble 3D (2010), filming aboard a spacecraft presents a number of unique challenges.

"The lighting changes very often, and this greatly complicates the filming process. If you don't have time to shoot a scene in sunlight, you have to wait another 45 minutes for the station to fly through the dark part of the orbit," he explains.

the shuttle (there’s even less on the Crew Dragon). But there’s plenty of room on the space station, Altman notes.

“The ISS has grown a lot in recent years,” he explains. “You can work on a film in one of the rooms without disturbing the crew.”

Cruise has an idea of ​​the station's size — he narrated the IMAX documentary "Space Station 3D": "One day, you too could be on the ISS. Maybe you'll be an engineer, inventing new technology, or an ecologist, studying the Earth."