Artemis II Crew Quoted PROJECT HAIL MARY’s Rocky
This week when they swung around the Moon the crew of the Artemis II traveled farther from Earth than any human beings ever. Their distance of 252,760 miles away surpassed the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. More importantly their accomplishment served as a reminder of what humanity can do when it puts its mind to it, works together, and embraces science. But what were the astronauts thinking about as they made their historic trip through space? A movie about a trip through space. The Artemis II crew watched Project Hail Mary during quarantine ahead of their launch, and we know it stuck with them because they quoted Rocky during a beautiful moment on their journey.NASA/Amazon MGM Studios
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first non-American to travel to the Moon, gave his fellow London, Ontario native Ryan Gosling a big thumbs up for Project Hail Mary. A floating Hansen talked about how the crew got a “real treat” when they received screeners of the blockbuster sci-fi film. The astronauts all got to watch it with their families before leaving. They were, like everyone else, big fans.
THE ARTEMIS II CREW GOT ASKED ABOUT RYAN GOSLING AND PROJECT HAIL MARY pic.twitter.com/DAj4vOPXat
— jv (@eIeven) April 5, 2026“I would just say to Ryan, art imitates science and vice versa, it seems. He did a great job in that movie. It’s wonderful to see people really leaning into those roles,” said Hansen. “I thought it was just such an inspirational example. And somebody who goes out there and just gets what was done to save humanity. It’s a pretty extraordinary example that we can all follow. We all thought that movie was really uplifting and inspiring.”
Gosling had also sent the crew a message wishing them luck on their inspiring journey.
We know Gosling’s film landed with the real space explorers because they quoted it during a great moment. While telling NASA how they could see Earth out of one window and the Moon out of another, one of the crew members dropped Rocky’s memorable quote. “Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!”
AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE @projecthailmary 🤝 @NASA pic.twitter.com/b62NAoLtw8
— IGW (@interstellargw) April 6, 2026No human or Eridian could have said it better.
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SNL UK Spoofs THE TRAITORS in Hilarious Sketch
One of the most popular reality competition series in recent years is The Traitors, which has both a UK and American version. The show portrays a cutthroat scenario where a group of people must gather in a castle. (Alan Cumming hosts the American iteration, Claudia Winkleman the British.) In this locale, they slowly determine who among the group is a “faithful,” and who must be removed from the competition. The UK version is particularly popular. So it makes sense that the fledgling SNL UK would make a sketch parodying the series mercilessly. Only in this version, they’re not looking for a traitor. Nope, they’re looking for a giant crab man. You can watch the full sketch, featuring SNL UK guest host Riz Ahmed, below:
The sketch points out frequent claims that contestants on The Traitors display unconscious racial bias. Many viewers have noted how frequently people of color get voted out much earlier than the white contestants. In the sketch, we see the oblivious contestants of the show Great Big Crab Man try to unmask who among them is a human crustacean. Somehow, they point to everyone except for the one dude (George Fouracres), who looks like an actual giant crab. Instead, they falsely blame and eliminate one person of color after another, instead of the obvious crab among them.
SkyIn the sketch’s conclusion, Riz Ahmed’s character Imran finds himself ousted, despite the big ol’ obvious crab guy sitting right there. We must say, we love that the titular Great Big Crab Man’s given name in the episode is Sebastian. Yes, just like the crab character in The Little Mermaid. Viewers are already citing this The Traitors sketch as the best one yet from SNL UK. A lot of people wondered if SNL UK could live up to its iconic American counterpart. But with sketches like this one, we’d say they’re off to a great start.
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After eight seasons we know Rick and Morty have, quite literally, an infinite number of enemies across an infinite numbers of universes. And yet, despite being very well aware of that, we’re still not prepared for just how many people, aliens, and couches the two will have to fight when they return. But Rick and Morty‘s new season nine trailer shows that there really are more enemies in the multiverse than you can imagine.
Adult Swim’s favorite multidimensional travelers are back in the season nine trailer for Rick and Morty. Set to Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” the promo features a literal “the floor is lava” situation, breakfast drugs, a Kill Bill reference, a killer couch, a killer tree, possibly killer monkey aliens, lots of dead bodies, violence, one ballet class, and Jerry causing problems. (“Jerry causing problems” is obviously a redundant phrase.)
Why is the smartest man in the infinite multiverse fighting literally everyone and everything yet again? Because that’s what he does. Always. And forever.
Adult SwimThe show’s official season nine synopsis also promises that all of the madness that awaits fans is human made chaos. From Adult Swim:
Rick and Morty is back, baby! Season Nine is all certified bangers. No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop, made by real humans with real human traits like back hair and cysts. Please watch, or we’ll have neglected our families for nothing.
The network previously released some images from the season that include moments not teased in this trailer. Those focus on Rick’s drinking. Thankfully! We feared he might make a single good decision this year. Will he? We’ll find out soon enough. Season nine of Rick and Morty premieres May 24 at 11 p.m. on Adult Swim. Despite what Rick would do, try not to fight anyone who doesn’t plan on watching.
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HOW TO TOUCH GRASS Comic Anthology Explores Embracing Community
Social media and constant interaction with others surrounds us, yet people often feel lonelier than ever. Everything feels overwhelming, chaotic, superficial, and more disconnected than ever, for the most part. One common phrase that people often say to get others to put their phones down, close their laptops, and step back into reality is to “go outside and touch grass.” And yes, we do need to do that, whether literally grounding ourselves in nature or metaphorically by leaving the hell cycle of news behind. Power & Magic Press’ latest Kickstarter for its upcoming comic anthology How to Touch Grass leans into that conceit in a delightful way. Courtesy of Power & Magic Press
It is a collection of adult, non-fiction stories about the difficulty of “touching grass” in every way. How do we leave our own bubbles and build authentic connections and community with others? How do we get back to a life that feels good to our hearts and bodies? Those are very valid questions in a world where we spend so much time consuming and producing, and not enough time to simply be.
Check out some more images from this anthology:
Click To View Gallery Akira B Jaye Fabel Aimee Campbell Dominque Duong Jade/Jude SarsonThis collection will have over 300 pages of full color comics by over 50 LGBTQ+ and BIPOC creators from all over the globe. Now more than ever, we have to support the creators who deliver the types of stories that we wish to see in the universe. Power & Magic Press’ creator Joamette Gil is a queer Afro-Cuban cartoonist and editor who is a brilliant driving force in the independent comics arena.
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Joamette Gil on Bringing Latine Futurism to ComicsAs with any Kickstarter campaign, there are many rewards for various levels of support for How to Touch Grass. It’s all about what you can contribute and what you’d like to receive. So, if you’re ready to parse through some humorous and heartfelt stories about finding human connection, then make sure you lend your support to How to Touch Grass.
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