Brad Pitt, star of the brand new area film “Advert Astra,” had a burning query for a real-life astronaut.

“Who was extra plausible? Clooney or Pitt?”

In a name Monday, NASA astronaut Nick Hague answered Pitt — “completely” — getting an enormous chuckle. Pitt’s Hollywood pal George Clooney starred within the 2013 area movie “Gravity.”

The Worldwide Area Station crew previewed “Advert Astra” a couple of weeks in the past. The film opens Friday down right here.

Pitt portrays an astronaut who travels by way of the photo voltaic system to seek out his father. The movie contains precise NASA pictures of the moon and Mars. Hague praised the zero-gravity depictions.

Pitt famous the film’s spaceship was “a bit cleaner” than the station. He additionally puzzled “who controls the jam field?” Hague’s reply — the six astronauts take turns.