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I find space endlessly fascinating...
Actors and singers all want to become major stars, with their names shining bright and up in lights. But these celebrities don't just want to be stars, they want to reach the stars - by flying into space! These famous faces all have dreams to be astronauts and some have even trained with NASA to make their dream come true... (©BANG Showbiz)
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Pete Davidson
The former 'SNL' star, 29, was rumored to be set to takeoff on the 20th mission last year but pulled out when the date changed. (©BANG Showbiz)
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William Shatner
The 'Star Trek legend got to copy his character Captain James T. Kirk and "boldly go where no man has gone before". Shatner, 92, ventured into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mission, however, he admitted he was left with “the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered” and an “overwhelming sadness” in his 2021 memoir, ‘Bodily Go: Reflections on A Life of Awe and Wonder’. (©BANG Showbiz)
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Jeff Bezos
The Amazon founder labelled the inaugural mission of his Blue Origin rocket “the best day ever”. After the launch in 2021, the 59-year-old billionaire said: “It was the best day ever” and that he felt “unbelievably good”. (©BANG Showbiz)
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Richard Branson
The 72-year-old billionaire launched Virgin Galatic more than two decades ago and carried out his first first mission in July 2021 but has since filed for bankruptcy. At the time, he said: "Congratulations to all of our team at Virgin Galactic for 17 years of hard, hard work to get us this far." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Leonardo Di Caprio
The ‘Titanic’ star, 48, offered his company on a Virgin Orbit mission back in 2015 as part of an auction lot that went for nearly $1.5 million organised, according to reports at the time but his dreams appear unfulfilled. ((c) BANG Showbiz)
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Michael Strahan
The ‘Good Morning America’ anchor was super keen to get to space After they returned to Earth, the 51-year-old former NFL star said: "That was beyond. I want to go back." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Tom Hanks
The ‘Toy Story’ star, 66, might be a bit more like Buzz Lightyear than his iconic character Woody as in 2009 he told AMC he would go to space “in a minute” if he got the chance. (Getty)
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Lance Bass
The former N’Sync star, 43, relocated to Russia to train and become accredited with both the Russia Space Programme and NASA to become a astronaut however he had to stop when his money man pulled out. (©BANG Showbiz)
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Ashton Kutcher
The ‘No Strings Attached’ star, 45, snagged himself a ticket to ride the first Virgin Galatic in 2012 but he didn’t go in the end after his 39-year-old wife Mila Kunis - the mother of his kids Wyatt, eight, and Dmitiri, six - got him to reconsider. Despite this, a source said in 2012: “He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final frontier (and back!) with us and to experience the magic of space for himself." (©BANG Showbiz)
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Lewis Hamilton
The Formula One star, 38, is keen to join in on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and even offered himself up as a pilot with his championship-winning driving skills. He said at the Australian Grand Prix: “I am going, yes, at some stage, but I’ll let some other people go first because those things blow up on the way up… “He’s talking about going to Mars, but I’m ready to go to space at any stage. "I told him that I’d fly the ship, but I think it’s all automated!” (©BANG Showbiz)
Actors and singers all want to become major stars, with their names shining bright and up in lights.
