Tom Hanks Celebrating the launch of the historic Artemis II mission and the four astronauts who went on the mission. For those who don’t know, Artemis II is the first time in more than 50 years that astronauts have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. NASA launched its historic Artemis II mission on Wednesday. Hanks wrote a long note on his Instagram, naming each astronaut who went on the mission and cheering for their safe return.
Tom Hanks reacts to Artemis II launch
apollo 13 star Tom Hanks Celebrated NASA’s historic Artemis II launch and thanked each astronaut by name. He wrote, “Did you know that no humans have traveled beyond Earth’s gravitational pull since December 1972? That changes today as the Artemis crew takes off from the Cape… Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, on a journey around the Moon. Godspeed, Artemis… and thank you.”
He shared a two-carousel photo: one with text and the other, a candid photo of himself with the astronauts. Unsurprisingly, the post received 53.4K likes, 2,689 shares and 907 retweets. In particular, the 10-day Artemis II mission, consisting of three American astronauts (Wiseman, Glover and Koch) and one Canadian (Hansen), set out on a historic mission. They can travel farther from Earth than any human has ever done before. The spacecraft is named Orion CM-003 Integrity because it “symbolizes the foundation of trust, respect, candor and humility in the crew,” and it is on a free-return path. (via Entertainment Weekly).
The Artemis II mission will likely surpass the record set by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. Interestingly, Hanks directed the 1995 film of the same name based on the historical space mission. The Forrest Gump star is moving forward and forward for the Artemis II mission and its crew.
The 69-year-old actor recently co-wrote and narrated the film The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, which highlights NASA’s lunar voyages and features exclusive interviews between Hanks and the Artemis II astronauts.
Originally written by Anvay Mane Mandatory.