NASA BOSSES BEAM UP STAR TREK MOVIE FOR ASTRONAUT SCREENING

Last updated: Monday, May 18, 2009

NASA BOSSES BEAM UP STAR TREK MOVIE FOR ASTRONAUT SCREENING

NASA astronaut MICHAEL BARRATT has been granted a very special audience with CAPTAIN KIRK and the STAR TREK crew - Mission Control bosses in Houston, Texas have beamed up a copy of the new film for him to screen in space.

Chekov (Anton Yelchin), James T. Kirk (Chris Pine), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Bones (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Uhura (Zoë Saldana) in 'Star Trek'

Barratt will watch the film while aboard the International Space Station, 220 miles (354 kilometres) above earth.

Paramount Pictures bosses gave the film to NASA chiefs, who uploaded it to the space station last week (ends15May09).

The thrilled astronaut tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, "I remember watching the original Star Trek series and, like many of my NASA co-workers, was inspired by the idea of people from all nations coming together to explore space."

Barratt isn't the only high-profile fan of the new film - President Barack Obama praised the blockbuster following a recent White House screening.

He says, "I thought it was good."

Source: WENN

| Monday, May 18, 2009

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