Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield made headlines in 2013 for recording a music video for his cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” while on the International Space Station, and now a famous soprano is hoping to record her own vocals in space. Broadway veteran Sarah Brightman will be flying to the ISS on Sept. 1 for a 10-day expedition, and intends on becoming the first professional musician to record a track successfully from outer space.

Hadfield shocked YouTube viewers when he posted a music video of himself singing the classic 1969 single “Space Oddity” aboard the ISS in 2013, with Bowie’s blessing. While the video was taken down last May because of licensing issues with Bowie’s publisher, it was returned to YouTube on Nov. 2 and has since acquired over 24 million views.

Brightman will be recording a track from outer space that will likely be accompanied by an orchestra, a choir or another artist here on Earth during her upcoming expedition, but she doesn’t want people to think her space voyage is purely for publicity purposes. The iconic soprano hopes the trip will encourage women to play a more active role in space exploration, and claims that space travel has been a dream of hers since watching the Apollo mission on TV in 1969. She proved her passion for space travel by being one of the first to buy a ticket with Virgin Galactic, and when that flight kept getting delayed, she jumped on Space Adventures’ Peter Diamandis’ offer to fly to the International Space Station onboard a Soyuz space rocket that will be launched from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome as part of the expedition’s three-person team. Brightman reportedly paid £35 million for the opportunity, money which she claims came out of her own bank account.

She is now spending over 16 hours a day training in Star City by undergoing numerous tests and training exercises, including psychological and physical tests, plus g-force and high altitude exposure. The 55-year-old former star of Broadway’s Cats and Phantom of the Opera is also learning Russian, so she can properly communicate with the rest of the crew during the flight.

Brightman has reportedly already asked Hadfield for tips on how to sound good while singing aboard the ISS, as scientists have explained the possibility of the space station affecting her vocals during the recording.