#Chris Hadfield

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Starliner, haunted by the souls of dead Boeing whistleblowers

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I was wondering why my latest article had gotten a significantly higher number of social media impressions than usual…

It’s not every day you get retweeted by an astronaut! :D

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It's Chris Hadfield by Amidorable  … The Best EVER Astronaut Amigurumi - Happy Canada Day! 👉 https://buff.ly/3plZvpW 🍁

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CHRIS HADFIELD on MURDOCH MYSTERIES — 16x14 “Murdoch at the End of the World”

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth - Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut and Commander of the International Space Station in 2012-13, writes an eye-opening account of his life as an astronaut and the lessons he's learned along the way.

It is both a fascinating story of what it's really like to be in space and how an astronaut spends their time when they're not in space, and also some of the most helpful self-help advice I've ever read. In the midst of describing the intense and varied training needed not only to become an astronaut but constantly throughout their career, and the unexpected challenges of living and working in zero-gravity, Hadfield talks about the importance of such counterintuitive concepts as visualizing failure, aiming to be a zero, and always sweating the small stuff, and how these things that have been absolutely essential to his career in space have also served him well in his daily life on Earth.

I enjoyed this book so much! I got it from the library but now I need to buy my own because this is one of the few nonfiction books I would actually want to read again.

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The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

4 out of 5.

Apollo Murders 1

Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis' future as a test pilot and astronaut selectee is destroyed when a bird strike led to his canopy exploding, the plastic shrapnel causing him to lose his left eye. Five years later he's sent by the U.S. Navy to the Houston Manned Spacecraft Center to be the military liaison for the Apollo 18 crew.

The mission, completely funded by the Department of Defense, will be the first all-military spaceflight whose classified purpose would be determined by the U.S. Air Force. The actions of the Soviet space program, both orbiting Earth and on the Moon itself causes rapid changes in the Apollo mission and schedule. Espionage, romance, science, and a man caught between his life and his past all combine into an engrossing thriller.

NOTE: This has nothing to do with the horror film APOLLO 18.

The main action is set in 1973, with a few flashbacks and jumps from Houston, Texas, to Russia and elsewhere. Chris Hadfield is a man of many, many talents. He's a former fighter pilot, astronaut who was Commander of the Space Station, caught my attention with a YouTube video of him singing David Bowie's "Space Oddity" in the Space Station, and numerous talks and non-fiction books. Now he shares his ability to weave an enthralling story of what might've been.

As Hadfield stated in the start of the book, "Many of these people are real. Much of the actually happened." He even provided a partial list of who and what is real in the back of the book. If you're curious, I highly recommend Googling, but be prepared to fall down a rabbit hole.

I do believe it is a bit too long at 480 pages, could've benefited by tighter editing. That said, it was a fun read, one I binged almost all night. It also brought back a lot of memories for me, having grown up just south of Cape Canaveral with a father who worked in the program from slightly before 1959 until 1970. Highly recommend to my fellow space enthusiasts.

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Exhibit #6785234 in "the best way to make cA cry is songs about space"

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@colchrishadfield was in a Jeopardy video clue tonight!

Unfortunately, Jim Lovell was also a Triple Stumper nobody recognized.

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genuinely think chris hadfield would be internationally famous if he was usamerican tbh

obviously he's a canadian household name and he is famous but like. read the list of stuff he's done and tell me everyone wouldn't know who he was if he were from the usa

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Chris Hadfield comments on aerospace media (For All Mankind, Top Gun: Maverick, Life, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, F9: The Fast Saga, Space Cowboys, Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi and more)

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I got to see astronaut Chris Hadfield tonight while reviewing the premiere of the play based on his book, The Darkest Dark! The play was charming, and so was he.

He even put on the prop helmet.

When asked what inspired his childhood interest in space, he of course mentioned Star Trek and Captain Kirk.

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The Darkest Dark (2016)

Story: Chris Hadfield & Kate Fillion -- Art: Eric & Terry Fan Canadian

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OOOOHHHHH!!!!!