Artemis II’s Jeremy Hansen calls Project Hail Mary ‘a real treat’ before his space mission | Artemis II
The new space movie Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling has received rave reviews more than halfway to the Moon.
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said Saturday that he and his Artemis II crewmates were able to watch the film with their families before embarking on the lunar flyby. He said it was “a real treat” to see the film while preparing for his own space adventure.
Gosling, Hansen’s Canadian compatriot, sent his best wishes to the four astronauts before liftoff on Wednesday. Both the actor and the astronaut are from London, in southwestern Ontario.
“Art imitates science and vice versa,” Hansen said during a live television event hosted by the Canadian Space Agency. “I thought it was such an inspiring example – someone who goes out there and achieves what was done to save humanity. It’s a pretty extraordinary example that we can all follow.”
Hansen is the first non-American citizen to travel to the Moon.
If all goes as planned, Hansen and his teammates will set a record by venturing further from Earth than any human has before – more than 250,000 miles. The current record is held by the crew of Apollo 13, a mission that received the Hollywood treatment with a critically acclaimed film in 1995.
