Spaced out! Justin Bieber to become an ASTRONAUT

JUSTIN Bieber's next project will be out of this world - after he signed up to become an ASTRONAUT. The pop superstar is the latest celebrity to join Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space mission along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher. Bieber along with his manager Scooter Braun have coughed up $250,000 to join the project. Organiser Branson, tweeted: "Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts. Congrats, see you up there!" Other celebs rumoured to be keen on donning their spacesuits include Brad and Angelina Jolie and Beyonce and Jay Z - who want to record the first music video in space.