As
a
part
of
the
promotional
activity
for
his
upcoming
movie
Ad
Astra,
Hollywood
star
Brad
Pitt
on
Monday
called
the
International
Space
Station
(ISS)
and
spoke
to
American
astronaut
Nick
Hague.
The
call
was
broadcast
on
NASA
TV.
In
the
movie,
Brad
plays
the
role
of
an
astronaut
who
is
on
a
dangerous
mission.
During
the
conversation,
Brad
Pitt
asked
Nick
Hague
basic
questions
like
life
aboard
the
ISS.
Hague
informed
him
that
their
work
starts
at
7.30
in
the
morning
and
goes
on
till
7.30
in
the
night.
The
conversation
took
an
interesting
turn
when
Brad
Pitt
asked
Nick
Hague
whether
he
watched
the
Moon
landing
of
India's
Chandrayaan
2
-
Vikram
Lander.
Vikram
Lander
was
supposed
to
touch
the
Moon's
South
Pole
on
September
7,
but
Indian
Space
Research
Organisation
(ISRO)
scientists
lost
communication
with
it.
Hague,
who
is
currently
in
a
team
of
two
other
Americans,
two
Russians
and
one
Italian
on
the
ISS,
answered,
"No,
unfortunately".
During
the
call,
Pitt
had
asked
another
question
during
the
final
few
minutes.
He
asked
if
he
was
more
believable
as
an
astronaut
in
Ad
Astra
than
fellow
actor
George
Clooney,
who
had
starred
as
an
astronaut
in
the
2013
space
film,
Gravity.
Hague
answered,
"Absolutely," and
laughed.
ISRO
lost
all
communication
with
Chandrayaan
2's
Vikram
Lander
on
September
7,
2019,
just
a
few
minutes
before
landing.
ISRO
has
been
trying
in
vain
to
re-establish
communication
with
Vikram
Lander.
Chandrayaan
1
was
launched
in
2008
and
Chandrayaan
2
is
the
second
lunar
mission
developed
by
ISRO.
The
Vikram
Lander
mission
took
off
from
Sriharikota's
Satish
Dhawan
Space
Centre
on
July
22,
2019.
Vikram
Lander
was
supposed
to
make
a
soft
and
controlled
landing
near
the
South
Pole
of
the
Moon
when
it
lost
all
communication
with
ground
control
during
the
final
stage
of
the
descent
on
September
7.