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13 Celebs Who Have Tickets To Go To Space
Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Brad Pitt, and Lady Gaga have bought tickets for interstellar adventures.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced on Oct. 4 that 90-year-old actor William Shatner will channel his inner James T. Kirk and travel to space. “I’ve heard about space for a long time now,” the Star Trek actor said. “I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle.”
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Justin Bieber
Shatner is not the only celeb with eyes on the stars as many other superstars have also purchased tickets to one day experience the final frontier. In 2013, Richard Branson confirmed that Justin Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun had purchased Virgin Galactic tickets. “Let’s shoot a music video in SPACE!! #nextLEVEL,” he replied. It’s unknown whether Bieber ever bought Hailey Bieber a ticket to join him.
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Kate Winslet
Oscar winner Kate Winslet apparently received a Virgin Galactic ticket from Richard Branson as both a wedding gift after marrying his nephew Edward Abel Smith in 2012 and as a thank you for once saving his 90-year-old mother from a fire, according to Syfy.
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Rihanna
Years before Rihanna became a billionaire, she reportedly put down a deposit for three seats aboard a Virgin Galactic flight. “She has been obsessed with space since she was a child so it would be a dream come true for her,” a source said, according to The Hamilton Spectator.
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Brad Pitt
Just like his character Roy McBride in the 2019 film Ad Astra (pictured), Brad Pitt will one day take to the skies after he bought a Virgin Galactic ticket, per Business Insider.
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Lady Gaga
In 2015, Lady Gaga told Us Weekly she planned to become the first artist to ever sing in outer space while on her future Virgin Galactic flight. “She has to do a month of vocal training because of the atmosphere,” a source added.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
The Wolf of Wall Street actor dropped some serious cash on two Virgin Galactic reservations — one for himself and another that he later sold at a charity auction for nearly $1 million dollars, according to Variety.
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Angelina Jolie
In 2014, CNN reported that Angelina Jolie was among the first 700 people to reserve a seat onboard one of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic voyages into space.
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Russell Brand
In 2010, Katy Perry reportedly spent $200,000 to purchase a Virgin Galactic ticket for her then-fiancé Russell Brand as a gift for his 35th birthday.
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Katy Perry
Less than a year later in 2011, Katy Perry told MTV she had bought her own ticket as well. “I’m so into extraterrestrial stuff. ... It’s very difficult for me to look up into the sky in the middle of the night and not think that our planet is one of ... a bajillion,” she said.
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Tom Hanks
People revealed Tom Hanks was one of many celebs who purchased a Virgin Galactic ticket in 2014.
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Elon Musk
In July 2021, a former Virgin Galactic executive told Forbes that Musk has a Virgin Galactic ticket, which he purchased back in 2006.
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Ashton Kutcher
When Virgin Galactic tickets were first announced, Kutcher was the 500th person to lock in his trip to space. In July 2021, he told Cheddar News he had since sold his ticket. “My wife [Mila Kunis] encouraged that it was not a smart family decision to be heading into space when we have young children,” he said.