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Canada In Space: Chris Hadfield International Space Station Commander ISS 35

1,671 views · Published 31 March 2013 · 1:20 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Linescrew1 · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Chris Hadfield of Sarnia, Ontario, is the first Canadian to have walked in space. Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995 and STS-100 in 2001, and has served as capsule communicator for both Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) expeditions.

He is the current commander of the ISS Expedition 35, and the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station. 

Hadfield was selected to become one of four new Canadian astronauts from a field of 5,330 applicants in June 1992. 

Music

Cmdr. Hadfield is currently working on the first original music album to be recorded in orbit during his free time on Expedition 35. He will be recording the album using a Larrivée Parlor guitar, Shure microphones, and Cakewalk for recording. The first song recorded in space, Jewel in the Night, was released via YouTube on Christmas Eve 2012. His collaboration with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, "I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing?)", was first aired on the CBC Radio program Q and first released by CBC Music online on 8 February 2013.

Social media

Cmdr. Hadfield was described as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth" by Forbes after building a considerable audience on social media, including over 500,000 Twitter followers As of March 2013,and creating one of the top Reddit IAmA threads of all time. Hadfield has enlisted the help of his web-savvy sons Evan and and Kyle to manage his social media presence.

All photos and footage are in the public domain (NASA).

Music: stockfootageforfree and Sony Creative Software (Sony Vegas), used under license.

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