Chris A. 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 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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