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Chris A. Hadfield

Chris Hadfield

Born: 29 August 1959, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Nationality: Canadian

Died:

Group: CSA Group 2 (9 June 1992)

Group2: NASA Group 14 (14 March 1992)

Status: Retired

 

FAI Flights:
1
STS-74
12 November 1995
8 days, 4 hours, 30 minutes, 44 seconds
2
STS-100
19 April 2001
11 days, 21 hours, 30 minutes, 0 seconds
3
Soyuz TMA-07M
19 December 2012
145 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, 24 seconds

 

EVA's:
1
STS-100
22 April 2001
7 hours, 10 minutes
2
STS-100
24 April 2001
7 hours, 40 minutes

Education
  BS (Mechanical Engineering), Royal Military College of Canada, 1982
  MS (Aviation Systems), University of Tennessee, 1992

Chris Hadfield performing Space Oddity Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's Space Oddity aboard the International Space Station.

Chris was the first Canadian to perform an EVA. He was also the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, and the only Canadian to visit Mir. Not to mention, he is also the first person to shoot a music video in space!

 

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