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A former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, Colonel Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.
A former Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, Colonel Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.
During the mission as commander of Expedition 35 he gained immense
popularity by chronicling life aboard the space station and taking
pictures of the earth and posting them through Twitter and Facebook to a
large following of people around the world. From his perch in orbit, he
was a guest on television news and talk shows and gained immense
popularity by playing his guitar in space. His rendition of David
Bowie’s “Space Oddity” is easily considered to be “one of the best
videos of all time,” viewed by more than 16 million people around the
globe.
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