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Chris Hadfield

Astronaut · born 1959

Chris Hadfield
NASA · Public domain

First Canadian to walk in space and to command the International Space Station.

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Life story

  1. August 29, 1959 · Milton, Ontario
    Born in Sarnia and raised on a corn farm near Milton
  2. November 1995 · Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Flew to the Mir space station on his first mission
  3. April 22, 2001 · Low Earth orbit
    Became the first Canadian to walk in space, installing Canadarm2
  4. March 13, 2013 · Low Earth orbit
    Took command of the International Space Station, the first Canadian to do so
  5. May 12, 2013 · Low Earth orbit
    Recorded Space Oddity in orbit; it has been watched hundreds of millions of times

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