International Space Station Takes On New Role As Movie Set

October 20, 2021
Blue Origin’s New Shepard passengers
Actor William Shatner, second from left, and fellow passengers, from left, Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries meet with reporters after an Oct. 13 ride on Blue Origin’s New Shepard system.
Credit: Irene Klotz/AW&ST
As William Shatner joined two paying passengers and a Blue Origin vice president for a suborbital space ride in October, a Russian actress and her director shot scenes aboard the International Space Station for an upcoming movie. And so begins the next chapter in the commercialization of space...

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