I am one of those who would go tomorrow, without hesitation, if I had the means or was for some reason offered a seat. This is already his third space mission, after flying with the US shuttle to the now defunct Russian Mir station in 1995 and to the ISS in April 2001.Cover By Space Oddity by Puddles Pity Party, Space Oddity by Happy Rhodes, Space Oddity by William Shatner (Ft. Candice Night & Ritchie Blackmore), Space Oddity by Gabrielle Aplin, Space Oddity by Helloween, Space Oddity by Ayreon, Space Oddity by The Smashing Pumpkins, Space Oddity by Collide, Space Oddity by Cold, Space Oddity by Natalie Merchant, Space Oddity (Cover) by Passenger, Space Oddity by Powerman 5000, Space Oddity by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One, Ground Control to Major Tom by Michael John Hall, Space Oddity by Mike Masse (Ft. Jeff Hall), Space Oddity by Chris Hadfield, Space Oddity by Langley Schools Music Project, Space Oddity by Steven Wilson, Space Oddity (Lido's Salute To David Bowie) by Lido, Space Oddity by David Matthews, Space Oddity by The Flaming Lips, Space Oddity by Syd Matters, Space Oddity by Billy Corgan, Space Oddity by STARSET, Space Oddity by California Guitar Trio (Ft. Montreal Guitar Trio), Space Oddity by Def Leppard, Space Oddity by The Flying Pickets, Space Oddity by Camané (Ft. Take Your Protein Pills and Put Your Helmet On The space program is what makes my inner-geek shine. Raised on a corn farm in southern Ontario, Hadfield become a top fighter pilot for the Canadian air force before being selected from over 5,000 people in 1992 to be one of four new Canadian astronauts. Hadfield's official biography published by the Canadian Space Agency lists a seemingly endless range of earth-bound interests including "skiing, playing guitar, singing, riding, writing, running, and playing volleyball and squash." Hadfield, who was commander of the station, oversaw a dramatic spacewalk at the weekend performed by Americans Marshburn and Chris Cassidy to halt an ammonia leak. "We're supposed to be sleeping late to be rested for tonight's Soyuz flight home, but I'm finding it hard to sleep in," Hadfield wrote on one of his regular Twitter updates. It takes a near photographic memory and some serious strategizing skills. In fact, because of the limits of short-term and overall memory reliability, its almost impossible.
The video provided a fitting climax to Hadfield's six-month mission to the ISS which has shown him use social media more effectively than anyone in the history of space travel.Ĭhris Hadfield is due to land back on Earth in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning at 0231 GMT aboard a Russian Soyuz-TMA capsule along with Russia's Roman Romanenko and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn. Do you have what it takes to scan over a screenshot and then answer detail-specific questions about it Most people dont.
Hadfield's voice and guitar solos were recorded on the station although the backing track was compiled by a team on Earth. A last glimpse of the World," Hadfield wrote on Twitter to introduce the song. "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. His lyrics lightly adapted Bowie's 1969 original, somewhat more suggestive, original words which went: "Take your protein pills/ And put your helmet on." "Ground control to Major Tom/ Lock your Soyuz hatch/ And put your helmet on," he sings, looking wistfully out into deep space through one of the portholes of the ISS. The video shows Hadfield singing with an impressively melodious voice as he floats through the station in the zero gravity with a guitar which he also plays with some aplomb. The video of the moustachioed Canadian spaceman crooning his way through the Bowie track has already become a huge hit on YouTube, with over half a million views less than a day after it was first posted.
Hadfield, 53, who became a global star during his half-year stint on the ISS with regular Twitter updates that gave insights into daily life in space, is due to touch down back on Earth early Tuesday.