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He’snone of the most famous astronauts, ever.
He’snone of the most famous astronauts, ever.n
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nAnd it’s not because he was the first toncircle this or the first to step on that.
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nInstead, it’s because he has reachednout so well, so often, to all of us non-astronauts, helping to sparkninterest in some and answer questions for others, helping to excitenand educate and even entertain!
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nActually,nChris Hadfield was a first: He was the first Canadian astronaut tonwalk in space. n
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nHadfieldnflew in two space shuttle missions and served as commander of thenInternational Space Station. n
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nHenwas in space 165 days (altogether), including a mission that wasnalmost five months long. n
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nHenwas famous for being “savvy” about social media. He has more than 1,500,000 Twitternfollowers; he created one of the top Reddit AMA threads of all time;nhe has a popular Tumblr blog and loads of followers on Facebook andnGoogle+; he created YouTube videos that have been viewed byntens of millions of people!
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Not-so-socialnmedia is no stranger to Hadfield, either. His easy-to-readnautobiography is called An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth:nWhat Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, andnBeing Prepared for Anything. His interviews have been publishednin magazines – he’s even made the cover! – and he’s beenninterviewed on TV and radio as well.
Not-so-socialnmedia is no stranger to Hadfield, either. His easy-to-readnautobiography is called An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth:nWhat Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, andnBeing Prepared for Anything. His interviews have been publishednin magazines – he’s even made the cover! – and he’s beenninterviewed on TV and radio as well.n
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Nownretired, Hadfield had a 35-year career as a military pilot and annastronaut. Now he gets to do fun Earthly things like speak to audiences and throw out the ceremonial first pitch in a Major League Baseball game.
Nownretired, Hadfield had a 35-year career as a military pilot and annastronaut. Now he gets to do fun Earthly things like speak to audiences and throw out the ceremonial first pitch in a Major League Baseball game.n
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n Here are a few fun videos to get your Hadfield on:
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n“Is Somebody Singing?”n – a music video with spacefaring Chris Hadfield and Earthboundn Barenaked Ladies and an choir
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nThis is the biggie: “Space Oddity,” made famous first by dearly departed musician David Bowie. Be sure to watch the coming-back-to-Earth final shot!
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| “Space Oddity” was really, truly recorded on the ISS, and all the zero-gravity shots like the one below really were 0-G. No special effects on THIS music video! |
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nAlsonon this date:
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nSlovakia’snNational Uprising Day
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nAccordingnto Hoyle Day
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nNutnSpas in Russia
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nAnniversarynof a phone call from space to ocean depths
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