Though Cooper has been in orbit for just over seven hours, his trip equates to 51 years on Earth. When Cooper returns to Earth, his daughter (who was 10 when he left) is now much older than him.
The movie Interstellar broke records in 2014. Though it featured space travel, it may have been an omen for Covid-19.
In this movie directed by Christopher Nolan, a 40-year-old former NASA pilot named Cooper goes to space. Due to a factor called time dilation, one hour in space equals to seven years on Earth.
