Canadian Astronaut's Moon Mission Inspired by Ryan Gosling Film

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crew just wrapped up watching the space-flick Project Hail Mary with their families right before launch.

The movie stars fellow Canadian Ryan Gosling as a lone astronaut-saving humanity and its pulling-in-rave reviews.

Gosling even shot over best wishes to the four-person team ahead of their Wednesday lift-off for the big lunar fly-by mission.

Hansen called the film a real treat during a live event, saying art and science speed off each other.

He dug how the hero steps up solo to fix a cosmic crisis, calling it straight inspiration for their own journey.

This marks Hansen as the first non-American heading to the moon, a milestone for international space travel.

As they gear up for that orbit around the moon next year, stories like this remind us how pop culture and real missions keep pushing boundaries.

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