On 7 September, the Indian space agency (ISRO) lost contact with the moon-lander minutes before its scheduled touchdown.
As part of the promotional tour for his science fiction film Ad Astra, Pitt on Monday called up NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) to speak to American astronaut Hague.
However, what surprised many in the 20-minute-long phone conversation between Pitt and Hague was the former asking the NASA astronaut if he was able to watch the failed landing of the Indian moon mission Chandrayaan-2.
Although Hague replied that he hadn't seen the craft, the twitterati were nevertheless amazed at the War Machine star’s knowledge of the Indian moon mission.
Netizens took to twitter to express their joy over Pitt’s interest in Chandrayaan-2.
ISRO lost contact with the Vikram lander on 7 September during the last stage of the Moon landing operation, minutes before it was due to land near the lunar South Pole.
However, on 8 September, ISRO chief Kailasavadivoo Sivan announced that the space agency has found the Vikram Lander on the Moon's surface.
If the mission had succeeded it would have been the first Indian object to make a soft landing on the moon, and the first object of any kind to land on the South Pole of the Moon.