Not so long ago we announced that Armin van Buuren was moving to Space in Ibiza for the 2011 summer season. Well, in 2014 the trance titan is actually going into space.

Armin is one of the 100 ‘Founder Astronauts’ selected by ‘space tourism’ company SXC to take a flight into the stratosphere. The Founder Astronauts are put through a training program to equip them for the trip, including special instruction on weightlessness, G-forces and keeping white shirts crisp outside the earth’s atmosphere.

“For every DJ, it’s a dream to travel 3.5 times faster than their own sound,” says the DJ in a statement, “and then that deafening silence at 100 kilometres high. I can’t wait. I guess a 200-BPM heart rate is likely.”

In space, no one can see you Jesus pose?

Of course, Armin is just about to embark on a more common long haul flight to bring A State Of Trance 500 to Sydney this weekend. He’s set to broadcast all the action live from the night, which will see the likes of Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Menno de Jong building the energy for the host’s three-hour closing set.

Check out the video below from ASOT500 in the Netherlands to ready yourself for a spectacular celebration.