Tom Hanks Cheers Artemis Two Crew, First Moon Mission in 50 Years

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Tom Hanks is straight fire for NASA's Artemis Toulanche, the first crewed mission beyond

low-earth orbit in over 50 years.

Four astronauts lifted off from the Cape on Wednesday, heading for a 10-day loop around

the moon aboard the Orion spacecraft named Integrity.

In his Instagram post, Hanks dropped some real talk, reminding everyone no one's gone

past Earth's pull since December 1972.

He named each crew member, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hanson, and Christina Koch,

wishing them Godspeed and a safe return.

Fans aided up, hitting the post with over 53,000 likes and thousands of shares.

That crew's got three Americans and one Canadian, pushing farther from home than anyone

before, maybe even topping the Apollo 13 distance.

Record.

Hanks knows space drama inside out.

He starred in the Apollo 13 movie, back in 1995.

Lately, he co-wrote and narrated The Moonwalkers, a film packed with NASA lunar history and fresh

chats with these exact Artemis astronauts.

With Orion charting that free return path, Hanks keeps the Apollo-Spirit blazing, proving

we're just getting started on these cosmic journeys.