{"id":17348,"date":"2022-09-20T17:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/orbital-reef-space-station-wins-a-key-role-in-hollywood-movie-even-before-its-built\/"},"modified":"2022-09-20T17:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:02:47","slug":"orbital-reef-space-station-wins-a-key-role-in-hollywood-movie-even-before-its-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/orbital-reef-space-station-wins-a-key-role-in-hollywood-movie-even-before-its-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbital Reef space station wins a key role in Hollywood movie even before it\u2019s built"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An artist\u2019s conception shows the Orbital Reef space station. (Orbital Reef via Amazon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The commercial space station that Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture has a hand in building, known as Orbital Reef. will be getting some Hollywood-level product placement years before it\u2019s due to go into operation.<\/p>\n

Blue Origin and the other partners in the Orbital Reef project today announced a cross-promotional deal with Centerboro Productions to portray the space outpost in an upcoming sci-fi movie titled \u201cHelios.\u201d The announcement was timed to coincide with this week\u2019s International Astronautical Congress in Paris.<\/p>\n

The movie is set in 2030, which is around the time Orbital Reef could become a reality \u2014 assuming that the funding from NASA and from commercial partners continues to flow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe film will tell the story of a spaceship, the Helios, and its crew during their urgent mission to the International Space Station,\u201d a plot synopsis reads. \u201cWhen a massive solar flare hits the station, it is up to astronomer and former NASA astronaut Jess Denver and Air Force Colonel Sam Adler to team up and save humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orbital Reef is to be featured as a next-generation space station that serves as a critical resource for the Helios crew.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe teamed up with Blue Origin to give moviegoers a thrilling but realistic depiction of the future of living and working in space and a coordinated response to a space weather emergency,\u201d Patricia A. Beninati, who\u2019s one of the film\u2019s producers and writers as well as the president of Centerboro Productions, said in a news release.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHelios\u201d is a sci-fi movie about a crisis that\u2019s caused by a massive solar flare. (Centerboro Productions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orbital Reef is one of several proposed commercial space station projects that have been receiving support from NASA in anticipation of transitioning crewed operations in low Earth orbit from the International Space Station to commercial outposts. The International Space Station is due to be deorbited in the 2030-2031 time frame.<\/p>\n

Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin\u2019s main partner in the Orbital Reef project is Colorado-based Sierra Space. Amazon, Boeing, Redwire Space, Genesis Engineering Solutions and Arizona State University are also part of the team. Orbital Reef recently passed its system requirements review and system definition review with NASA.<\/p>\n

Other projects include an outpost being designed by Northrop Grumman and its industry partners; Axiom Station, planned by Axiom Space; and Starlab, an effort led by Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin. Just this week, CNBC reported that the Hilton hotel chain would bring its hospitality expertise to the Starlab team. <\/p>\n

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