Actor Tom Cruise is preparing for blast off after admitting in interviews he'd drop everything to go into space.

Talking at the premiere of new IMAX movie Space Station 3D, which he narrates, at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D. C. , America last night (17 April 2002), Cruise admitted he has been secretly taking lessons on board a spacecraft.

He said, "I toured the Johnson Space Center in Houston and I had a fly in a space shuttle simulator. I had a couple of good landings. I've had a lot of offers and I have been looking into it. I'm thinking about it. I'd love to do it. " The actor, wearing braces on his teeth, was joined by his girlfriend Penélope Cruz at the screening, who dazzled in a sexy black pant suit and a green shirt.

Source: WENN