Avengers 4: Endgame: Robert Downey Jr Says 'Good To Know NASA has your back' After Space Agency Promises to Deploy Ground Teams To Search For Tony Stark

Marvel and Tony Stark fans are up in arms ever since they found out that their favourite character from Marvel Cinematic Universe, might not survive. The trailer of Avengers 4: Endgame, opened up with Tony Stark recording a message on his helmet for his fiancée, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) telling her  how “Part of the journey is the end.” Tony then goes on to tell Pepper, "Food and water ran out four days ago, oxygen will run out tomorrow morning and I mean it, when I drift off I will dream about you, it’s always you.” Avengers: End Game Trailer OUT: Iron Man Stuck in Space, Captain America in Tears and Twitterati Are Losing Control! WATCH Avengers 4 NOW!

And this started a movement on social media where fans pleaded to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to save their favourite superhero in Avengers: Endgame! In fact, they even started trending “NASA save Tony Stark”, so much so that the organisation tweeted to Marvel and offered a solution. Tony Stark Is Lost in Space: NASA to Scan Skies to Rescue Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame?

See NASA'S tweet below.

Hey @Marvel, we heard about Tony Stark. As we know, the first thing you should do is listen in mission control for “@Avengers, we have a problem.” But if he can’t communicate, then we recommend ground teams use all resources to scan the skies for your missing man pic.twitter.com/zavXrsPljq

— NASA (@NASA) December 9, 2018

And now, replying to NASA's tweet was our very own Robert Downey Jr,. aka Tony Stark. The actor tweeted:

Always good to know @NASA has your back. https://t.co/0Vuj4oErrE

— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) December 15, 2018

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