“Project Hail Mary” star Ryan Gosling had a heartfelt message for the real-life astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission ahead of their historic launch to the Moon on Wednesday.

Ryan Gosling from Project: Hail Mary sending his best wishes out to the Artemis II team! Artemis II. pic.twitter.com/ecRl37TmGN

“Hi everyone, I’m Ryan Gosling, and I play a biologist who goes to space to save the planet in the film ‘Project Hail Mary,’” Gosling said on NASA’s livestream ahead of the launch. “But the Artemis II astronauts are going to space for real, and they will travel farther from Earth than any humans in history. Sending all our best wishes to the Artemis II crew.”

“Project Hail Mary” was serendipitously released in theaters just over a week before the launch window for Artemis II. The spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just after 6:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.

The four crew members from both the United States and Canada will return to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

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