News > Russia races Tom Cruise and Elon Musk for the first movie in Space

Russia races Tom Cruise and Elon Musk for the first movie in Space

Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, earning Moscow a key win in the Cold War, Russia is again in a space race with Washington. 

If their plan falls into place, the Russians are expected to beat Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise and Hollywood director Doug Liman, who were first to announce their project together with NASA and Space X, the company Elon Musk.