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Tom Cruise is working with NASA and SpaceX to film a movie on the International Space Station

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Tom Cruise portraying Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in a scene from "Top Gun: Maverick." The film will open Dec. 23. (Paramount Pictures via AP)
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Tom Cruise portraying Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in a scene from "Top Gun: Maverick." The film will open Dec. 23. (Paramount Pictures via AP)

Like “Mission: Impossible,” but without gravity. Or, no, no, like “Top Gun,” but with rockets instead.

Whatever the conversations in the writing room, it seems like Tom Cruise is in talks to take his action skills to the new frontier: Space. And not in the CGI sense.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted Tuesday that Cruise and NASA will be working on a film aboard the International Space Station.

“We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make NASA’s ambitious plans a reality,” Bridenstine tweeted.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk chimed in later, tweeting, “Should be a lot of fun!”