Brian May and Roger Taylor have fun Artemis 2 crew waking as much as Freddie Mercury | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

The Artemis 2 NASA mission is at present on its journey dwelling after the 4 astronauts went farther from Earth than any people in historical past and across the darkish facet of the Moon.

The crew is ready to splash down within the ocean close to San Diego at 5:07pm PST on Friday night.

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics, has been keenly following the primary journey to the Moon in 50 years.

And naturally was “honoured…!!!” to find that Flight Day 8’s Wakeup Song was Under Pressure.

The 1981 UK No 1 single was penned by Queen and David Bowie, who shared the vocals with Freddie Mercury.

Sharing the information on his Instagram, Sir Brian wrote: “Happy to be waking up the heroes in their space ship rounding up their amazing trip around the Moon !! Happy Landings guys !! You rock !!! Bri.” Meanwhile, Queen drummer Roger Taylor shared on his Instagram tales: “What you guys are doing is incredible! Honoured to be part of your wake up.”