Chris Hadfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chris Hadfield

Canadian astronaut

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1959

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: astronaut, executive producer, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Chris Hadfield

  • Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot.
  • The first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield has flown two Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station. Hadfield, who was raised on a farm in southern Ontario, was inspired as a child when he watched the Apollo 11 Moon landing on TV.
  • He attended high school in Oakville and Milton and earned his glider pilot licence as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
  • He joined the Canadian Armed Forces and earned an engineering degree at Royal Military College.
  • While in the military he learned to fly various types of aircraft and eventually became a test pilot and flew several experimental planes.
  • As part of an exchange program with the United States Navy and United States Air Force, he obtained a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. In 1992, he was accepted into the Canadian astronaut program by the Canadian Space Agency.
  • He first flew in space aboard STS-74 in November 1995 as a mission specialist.
  • During the mission he visited the Russian space station Mir.
  • In April 2001 he flew again on STS-100 and visited the International Space Station (ISS), where he walked in space and helped to install the Canadarm2.
  • In December 2012 he flew for a third time aboard Soyuz TMA-07M and joined Expedition 34 on the ISS.
  • He was a member of this expedition until March 2013 when he became the commander of the ISS as part of Expedition 35.
  • He was responsible for a crew of five astronauts and helped to run dozens of scientific experiments dealing with the impact of low gravity on human biology.
  • During the mission, he also gained popularity by chronicling life aboard the space station and taking pictures of the Earth and posting them on various social media platforms to a large following of people around the world.
  • He was a guest on television news and talk shows and gained popularity by playing the International Space Station's guitar in space.
  • His mission ended in May 2013 when he returned to Earth.
  • Shortly after returning, he announced his retirement, capping a 35-year career as a military pilot and an astronaut.

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