Film Studio to Be Built in Space by 2024

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January 22nd, 6:20am

London - Asharq Al-Awsat

The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018. NASA/Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E), the company co-producing Tom Cruise’s upcoming space movie, plans to launch a sports arena and production studio in zero gravity. S.E.E. has unveiled plans to build a space station module that contains a sports and entertainment arena as well as a content studio by December 2024. Named SEE-1, the module is intended to host films, television, music and sports events as well as artists, producers and creatives who want to make content in the low orbit, micro-gravity environment. The facilities will enable development, production, recording, broadcasting and livestreaming of content. S.E.E. intends to produce its own content and events in the module as well as making it available to third-parties. Axiom Space, who in January 2022 won NASA’s approval to build a commercial component of the International Space Station (ISS), will undertake the construction of SEE-1. The module will dock on Axiom’s commercial arm, which will also host other commercial ventures, including space tourism. S.E.E., which was co-founded in the U.K. by entrepreneurs and producers Elena and Dmitry Lesnevsky, is currently planning a fundraising round. “SEE-1 is an incredible opportunity for humanity to move into a different realm and start an exciting new chapter in space. It will provide a unique, and accessible home for boundless entertainment possibilities in a venue packed with innovative infrastructure which will unleash a new world of creativity. With worldwide leader Axiom Space building this cutting-edge, revolutionary facility, SEE-1 will provide not only the first, but also the supreme quality space structure enabling the expansion of the two trillion-dollar global entertainment industry into low-Earth orbit.” “Axiom Station, the world’s first commercial space station, is designed as the foundational infrastructure enabling a diverse economy in orbit. Adding a dedicated entertainment venue to the commercial capabilities in the form of SEE-1 will expand the station’s utility as a platform for a global user base and highlight the range of opportunities the new space economy offers,” said Michael Suffredini, president/CEO of Axiom Space. “SEE-1 will showcase and leverage the space environment in an unprecedented way,” Axiom chief engineer Dr. Michael Baine said.

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