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== Education and military career ==
== Education and military career ==
Hadfield attended [[White Oaks Secondary School]] in [[Oakville, Ontario]] until his senior year and then graduated as an [[Ontario Scholar]] from [[Milton District High School]] in 1977. As a member of the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]], he earned a glider pilot scholarship at age 15 and a powered pilot scholarship at age 16. After graduating from high school in 1978, he joined the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] and spent two years at [[Royal Roads Military College]] followed by two years at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Engineering|B.Eng.]] degree ([[Honours degree|with honours]]) in [[mechanical engineering]] in 1982.<ref name="CBCNews-2012.12.07" /> He also conducted his post-graduate research at the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 2013|title=Chris Hadfield comes home|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/chris-hadfield-comes-home|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=Waterloo Stories|language=en}}</ref> Before graduating, he also underwent basic flight training at [[Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie|CFB Portage la Prairie]]. In 1983, he took honours as the top graduate from Basic Jet Training at [[Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw|CFB Moose Jaw]], and then went on to train as a tactical fighter pilot with [[410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron]] at [[Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake|CFB Cold Lake]], flying the [[Canadair CF-5|Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter]] and the [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet]]. After completing his fighter training, Hadfield flew CF-18 Hornets with [[425 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], flying intercept missions for [[NORAD]]. He was the first CF-18 pilot to intercept a Soviet [[Tupolev Tu-95|Tupolev Tu 95]] long-range bomber in the Canadian Arctic.<ref name="csabio">{{cite web |title=Biography of Chris Hadfield |url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/biohadfield.asp |publisher=Canadian Space Agency |date=April 13, 2013}}</ref>
Hadfield attended [[White Oaks Secondary School]] in [[Oakville, Ontario]], until his senior year and then graduated as an [[Ontario Scholar]] from [[Milton District High School]] in 1977. As a member of the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]], he earned a glider pilot scholarship at age 15 and a powered pilot scholarship at age 16. After graduating from high school in 1978, he joined the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] and spent two years at [[Royal Roads Military College]] followed by two years at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Engineering|B.Eng.]] degree ([[Honours degree|with honours]]) in [[mechanical engineering]] in 1982.<ref name="CBCNews-2012.12.07" /> He also conducted his post-graduate research at the [[University of Waterloo]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 2013|title=Chris Hadfield comes home|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/chris-hadfield-comes-home|access-date=June 30, 2020|website=Waterloo Stories|language=en}}</ref> Before graduating, he also underwent basic flight training at [[Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie|CFB Portage la Prairie]]. In 1983, he took honours as the top graduate from Basic Jet Training at [[Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw|CFB Moose Jaw]], and then went on to train as a tactical fighter pilot with [[410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron]] at [[Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake|CFB Cold Lake]], flying the [[Canadair CF-5|Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter]] and the [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet]]. After completing his fighter training, Hadfield flew CF-18 Hornets with [[425 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], flying intercept missions for [[NORAD]]. He was the first CF-18 pilot to intercept a Soviet [[Tupolev Tu-95|Tupolev Tu 95]] long-range bomber in the Canadian Arctic.<ref name="csabio">{{cite web |title=Biography of Chris Hadfield |url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/biohadfield.asp |publisher=Canadian Space Agency |date=April 13, 2013}}</ref>


In the late 1980s, Hadfield attended the [[US Air Force Test Pilot School|U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School]] at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] and served as an exchange officer with the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] at Strike Test Directorate at the [[Patuxent River Naval Air Station]]. His accomplishments from 1989 to 1992 included testing the [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] and [[LTV A-7 Corsair II]] aircraft; performing research work with NASA on pitch control margin simulation and flight; completing the first military flight of F/A-18 enhanced performance engines; piloting the first flight test of the [[Rockwell X-30|National Aerospace Plane]] external burning hydrogen propulsion engine; developing a new handling qualities rating scale for high angle-of-attack test; and participating in the F/A-18 out-of-control recovery test program.<ref name="csabio" />
In the late 1980s, Hadfield attended the [[US Air Force Test Pilot School|U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School]] at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] and served as an exchange officer with the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] at Strike Test Directorate at the [[Patuxent River Naval Air Station]]. His accomplishments from 1989 to 1992 included testing the [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet]] and [[LTV A-7 Corsair II]] aircraft; performing research work with NASA on pitch control margin simulation and flight; completing the first military flight of F/A-18 enhanced performance engines; piloting the first flight test of the [[Rockwell X-30|National Aerospace Plane]] external burning hydrogen propulsion engine; developing a new handling qualities rating scale for high angle-of-attack test; and participating in the F/A-18 out-of-control recovery test program.<ref name="csabio" />
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During his free time on [[Expedition 35]], Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the [[Larrivée (guitar company)|Larrivée Parlor guitar]] previously brought to the ISS.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Cmdr. Chris Hadfield on pickin' Larrivée Parlor in Space|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMCrkdee8s|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> The first song recorded in space, "Jewel in the Night", was released via YouTube on Christmas Eve&nbsp;2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|last = Pearlman|first = Shaina|date = December 28, 2012|df = mdy-all|title=Listen to the First Song Recorded in Space|url = https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/awesome_of_the_day/2012/12/listen-to-the-first-song-recorded-in-space.html|magazine = [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date = February 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 8">Hadfield 2013, p.&nbsp;224.</ref>
During his free time on [[Expedition 35]], Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the [[Larrivée (guitar company)|Larrivée Parlor guitar]] previously brought to the ISS.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Cmdr. Chris Hadfield on pickin' Larrivée Parlor in Space|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMCrkdee8s|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> The first song recorded in space, "Jewel in the Night", was released via YouTube on Christmas Eve&nbsp;2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|last = Pearlman|first = Shaina|date = December 28, 2012|df = mdy-all|title=Listen to the First Song Recorded in Space|url = https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/awesome_of_the_day/2012/12/listen-to-the-first-song-recorded-in-space.html|magazine = [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|access-date = February 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 8">Hadfield 2013, p.&nbsp;224.</ref>


His collaboration with [[Ed Robertson]] of [[Barenaked Ladies]] and the Wexford Gleeks, ''Is Somebody Singing?''—sometimes shortened ''I.S.S.''—was aired on the [[CBC Radio]] program [[Q (radio show)|Q]] and released by [[CBC Music]] online on February&nbsp;8, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last = Howell|first = Elizabeth|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Astronaut and Musician Perform 1st Original Duet from Space and Earth|url = https://www.space.com/19694-hadfield-song-duet-space.html|agency = [[Space.com]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> Hadfield sang ''Is Somebody Singing'' along with singers across Canada for the national Music Monday program.<ref>{{cite news|last = Bowman|first = John|date = May 6, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Chris Hadfield leads nationwide singalong on Music Monday|url = https://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/05/chris-hadfield-leads-nationwide-singalong-on-music-monday.html|agency = [[CBC.ca]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 9">Hadfield 2013, p.&nbsp;228.</ref> Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother [[Dave Hadfield]]'s albums. He also the "Canada Song" with his brother, released on YouTube on [[Canada Day]], 2014.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris; Hadfield, Dave|date = July 1, 2014|df = mdy-all|title = Canada Song|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsHt3rBnc|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = July 1, 2014}}</ref>
His collaboration with [[Ed Robertson]] of [[Barenaked Ladies]] and the Wexford Gleeks, ''Is Somebody Singing?''—sometimes shortened ''I.S.S.''—was aired on the [[CBC Radio]] program [[Q (radio show)|Q]] and released by [[CBC Music]] online on February&nbsp;8, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last = Howell|first = Elizabeth|date = February 8, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Astronaut and Musician Perform 1st Original Duet from Space and Earth|url = https://www.space.com/19694-hadfield-song-duet-space.html|agency = [[Space.com]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref> Hadfield sang ''Is Somebody Singing'' along with singers across Canada for the national Music Monday program.<ref>{{cite news|last = Bowman|first = John|date = May 6, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Chris Hadfield leads nationwide singalong on Music Monday|url = https://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2013/05/chris-hadfield-leads-nationwide-singalong-on-music-monday.html|agency = [[CBC.ca]]|access-date = October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 9">Hadfield 2013, p.&nbsp;228.</ref> Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother [[Dave Hadfield]]'s albums. He also sang the "Canada Song" with his brother, released on YouTube on [[Canada Day]], 2014.<ref>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris; Hadfield, Dave|date = July 1, 2014|df = mdy-all|title = Canada Song|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsHt3rBnc|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = July 1, 2014}}</ref>


On May 12, 2013, after handing over command of the ISS, but before returning home, Hadfield released a music video recorded on the ISS of a modified rendition of "[[Space Oddity]]" by [[David Bowie]].<ref name=utube-odd>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = May 12, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Space Oddity|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 10">Hadfield 2013, pp.&nbsp;251–252.</ref> {{as of|2025|02}}, the video has over 55&nbsp;million views on YouTube.<ref name=utube-odd /> The performance was the subject of a piece by Glenn Fleishman in ''[[The Economist]]'' on May&nbsp;22, 2013, analysing the legal implications of publicly performing a copyrighted work of music while in [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]].<ref>{{cite news|last = Fleishman|first = Glenn|date = May 22, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = How does copyright work in space?|url = https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-12|newspaper = [[The Economist]]|access-date = May 29, 2013}}</ref>
On May 12, 2013, after handing over command of the ISS, but before returning home, Hadfield released a music video recorded on the ISS of a modified rendition of "[[Space Oddity]]" by [[David Bowie]].<ref name=utube-odd>{{cite AV media|people = Hadfield, Chris|date = May 12, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = Space Oddity|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo|medium = YouTube|publisher = Rare Earth|access-date = April 10, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 10">Hadfield 2013, pp.&nbsp;251–252.</ref> {{as of|2025|02}}, the video has over 55&nbsp;million views on YouTube.<ref name=utube-odd /> The performance was the subject of a piece by Glenn Fleishman in ''[[The Economist]]'' on May&nbsp;22, 2013, analysing the legal implications of publicly performing a copyrighted work of music while in [[Geocentric orbit|Earth orbit]].<ref>{{cite news|last = Fleishman|first = Glenn|date = May 22, 2013|df = mdy-all|title = How does copyright work in space?|url = https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-12|newspaper = [[The Economist]]|access-date = May 29, 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:Astronaut panel (28012960590).jpg|thumb|Hadfield with [[Rusty Schweickart]], [[Alexei Leonov]] and [[Garrett Reisman]] at the [[Starmus Festival]] in 2016]]
[[File:Astronaut panel (28012960590).jpg|thumb|Hadfield with [[Rusty Schweickart]], [[Alexei Leonov]] and [[Garrett Reisman]] at the [[Starmus Festival]] in 2016]]
On October 8, 2013, the [[University of Waterloo]] announced that Hadfield will join the university as a professor for a three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2014. Hadfield's work is expected to involve instructing and advising roles in aviation programs offered by the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment|Faculty of Environment]] and [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science]], as well as assisting in ongoing research regarding the health of astronauts with the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences|Faculty of Applied Health Sciences]].<ref name="Joins UW">{{cite news |last=University of Waterloo |title=Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joins University of Waterloo |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-joins-university-waterloo |access-date=October 8, 2013 |newspaper=Waterloo Stories |date=October 8, 2013}}</ref>
On October 8, 2013, the [[University of Waterloo]] announced that Hadfield will join the university as a professor for a three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2014. Hadfield's work was expected to involve instructing and advising roles in aviation programs offered by the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment|Faculty of Environment]] and [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science]], as well as assisting in ongoing research regarding the health of astronauts with the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences|Faculty of Applied Health Sciences]].<ref name="Joins UW">{{cite news |last=University of Waterloo |title=Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joins University of Waterloo |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-joins-university-waterloo |access-date=October 8, 2013 |newspaper=Waterloo Stories |date=October 8, 2013}}</ref>


In 2017, Hadfield hosted the [[BBC]] show ''Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?'' alongside [[Kevin Fong]] and Iya Whiteley, where 12 contestants compete to earn Hadfield's approval and recommendation as a candidate for future applications to become an astronaut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05bf1jt |title=Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> The challenges involved replicated real tests carried out by the different Space Agencies at facilities in Europe and America, including [[hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]] and [[high-g training|centrifuge]] training, with contestants eliminated each week.
In 2017, Hadfield hosted the [[BBC]] show ''Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?'' alongside [[Kevin Fong]] and Iya Whiteley, where 12 contestants compete to earn Hadfield's approval and recommendation as a candidate for future applications to become an astronaut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05bf1jt |title=Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> The challenges involved replicated real tests carried out by the different Space Agencies at facilities in Europe and America, including [[hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]] and [[high-g training|centrifuge]] training, with contestants eliminated each week.


Hadfield hosted a web series about space exploration on the video platform [[MasterClass]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[MasterClass]] |url=https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |title=Chris Hadfield Teaches Space Exploration |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304171854/https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-chris-hadfield-on-mars-mission-safety-2018-6 |quote=Hadfield has since retired as astronaut, but he recently shared some of his spaceflight knowledge as part of a new web course on the online education platform MasterClass. |website=[[Business Insider]] |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here's why we haven't |first=Dave |last=Mosher |date=July 8, 2018}}</ref>
Hadfield hosted a web series about space exploration on the video platform [[MasterClass]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[MasterClass]] |url=https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |title=Chris Hadfield Teaches Space Exploration |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304171854/https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-chris-hadfield-on-mars-mission-safety-2018-6 |quote=Hadfield has since retired as astronaut, but he recently shared some of his spaceflight knowledge as part of a new web course on the online education platform MasterClass. |website=[[Business Insider]] |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here's why we haven't |first=Dave |last=Mosher |date=July 8, 2018}}</ref>
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In 1988, Hadfield was granted the Liethen-Tittle Award (top pilot graduate of the [[USAF Test Pilot School]]) and was named US Navy Test Pilot of the Year in 1991. He was inducted into Canada's [[Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame|Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 2005. Eleven years later, he was recognized as a Genius 100 Visionary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genius100visions.com |title=Genius 100 – An active and engaged community of 100 exceptionally imaginative and impactful human beings |publisher=Genius100visions.com |date= |accessdate=2022-02-26}}</ref> and contributed his vision of the future in the 3D publishing milestone '"Genius: 100 Visions of the Future."'<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/15e03bBwwuM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181129174633/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM| title = The Making of the 3D Publishing Milestone: Genius: 100 Visions of the Future | website=[[YouTube]]| date = November 21, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Further, the Royal Military College granted Hadfield an honorary Doctorate of Engineering in 1996 and he was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws from [[Trent University]] three years later. In 2013, Hadfield was presented with an Honorary Diploma from [[Nova Scotia Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |title=Honorary Diplomas |publisher=NSCC |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122143546/https://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1988, Hadfield was granted the Liethen-Tittle Award (top pilot graduate of the [[USAF Test Pilot School]]) and was named US Navy Test Pilot of the Year in 1991. He was inducted into Canada's [[Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame|Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 2005. Eleven years later, he was recognized as a Genius 100 Visionary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genius100visions.com |title=Genius 100 – An active and engaged community of 100 exceptionally imaginative and impactful human beings |publisher=Genius100visions.com |date= |accessdate=2022-02-26}}</ref> and contributed his vision of the future in the 3D publishing milestone '"Genius: 100 Visions of the Future."'<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/15e03bBwwuM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181129174633/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM| title = The Making of the 3D Publishing Milestone: Genius: 100 Visions of the Future | website=[[YouTube]]| date = November 21, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Further, the Royal Military College granted Hadfield an honorary Doctorate of Engineering in 1996 and he was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws from [[Trent University]] three years later. In 2013, Hadfield was presented with an Honorary Diploma from [[Nova Scotia Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |title=Honorary Diplomas |publisher=NSCC |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122143546/https://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Hadfield was commemorated on [[Royal Canadian Mint]] silver and gold coins for his spacewalk to install [[Canadarm2]] on the [[International Space Station]] in 2001.<ref name=csabio /> In [[Sarnia]], the city airport was renamed to [[Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport]] in 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarniaairport.com/ |title=Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport |publisher=Sarniaairport.com |access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and there are two public schools named after him – one in Milton, Ontario and the other in Bradford, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chr.hdsb.ca/ |title=Chris Hadfield Public School |publisher=Chr.hdsb.ca |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |title=New school named after Hadfield &#124; Local &#124; News |newspaper=Barrie Examiner |date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103192027/http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> The asteroid [[14143 Hadfield]] is also named after him. In 2005, the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]] 820 Milton Blue Thunder Squadron was renamed as the 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron in honour of Hadfield, who was a cadet there from 1971 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |title=About 820 – 820 Milton Squadron |publisher=Sponsoring Committee for 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets |access-date=January 17, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107001400/http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Town of Milton also named a municipal park and street after Hadfield.<ref>{{cite web|title=STREET SMARTS: Milton's Chris Hadfield Way has 'out of this world' connection |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/7223838-street-smarts-milton-s-chris-hadfield-way-has-out-of-this-world-connection/ |website=www.insidehalton.com |last=LeBlanc |first=Steve |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> His name was in 2014 added to the Wall of Honour at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hadfield humbled by honour|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2021|last=McKay|first=Julia|website=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]|url=https://www.thewhig.com/2014/09/28/hadfield-humbled-by-honour/}}</ref> and, in 2020, the newly discovered ''[[Andrena hadfieldi]]'', a species of bee, was named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7121293/new-bee-species-canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield/|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Global News|language=en}}</ref>
Hadfield was commemorated on [[Royal Canadian Mint]] silver and gold coins for his spacewalk to install [[Canadarm2]] on the [[International Space Station]] in 2001.<ref name=csabio /> In [[Sarnia]], the city airport was renamed to [[Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport]] in 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarniaairport.com/ |title=Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport |publisher=Sarniaairport.com |access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and there are two public schools named after him – one in Milton, Ontario, and the other in Bradford, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chr.hdsb.ca/ |title=Chris Hadfield Public School |publisher=Chr.hdsb.ca |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |title=New school named after Hadfield &#124; Local &#124; News |newspaper=Barrie Examiner |date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103192027/http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> The asteroid [[14143 Hadfield]] is also named after him. In 2005, the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]] 820 Milton Blue Thunder Squadron was renamed as the 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron in honour of Hadfield, who was a cadet there from 1971 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |title=About 820 – 820 Milton Squadron |publisher=Sponsoring Committee for 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets |access-date=January 17, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107001400/http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Town of Milton also named a municipal park and street after Hadfield.<ref>{{cite web|title=STREET SMARTS: Milton's Chris Hadfield Way has 'out of this world' connection |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/7223838-street-smarts-milton-s-chris-hadfield-way-has-out-of-this-world-connection/ |website=www.insidehalton.com |last=LeBlanc |first=Steve |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> His name was in 2014 added to the Wall of Honour at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hadfield humbled by honour|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2021|last=McKay|first=Julia|website=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]|url=https://www.thewhig.com/2014/09/28/hadfield-humbled-by-honour/}}</ref> and, in 2020, the newly discovered ''[[Andrena hadfieldi]]'', a species of bee, was named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7121293/new-bee-species-canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield/|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Global News|language=en}}</ref>


His affiliations include membership in the Royal Military College Club, [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]], Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and serving as honorary patron of [[Lambton College]], former trustee of [[Lakefield College School]], board member of the International Space School Foundation, and executive with the Association of Space Explorers.
His affiliations include membership in the Royal Military College Club, [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]], Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and serving as honorary patron of [[Lambton College]], former trustee of [[Lakefield College School]], board member of the International Space School Foundation, and executive with the Association of Space Explorers.
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* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-316-37964-9 <!--|lccn=2014940630-->}}
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-316-37964-9 <!--|lccn=2014940630-->}}
* {{cite book|last=Hadfield|first=Chris|others=Illustrated by [[Terry and Eric Fan]]|title=The Darkest Dark|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|location=New York|year=2016|isbn=978-0-316-39472-7<!--|lccn=2016000220-->}}
* {{cite book|last=Hadfield|first=Chris|others=Illustrated by [[Terry and Eric Fan]]|title=The Darkest Dark|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|location=New York|year=2016|isbn=978-0-316-39472-7<!--|lccn=2016000220-->}}
;''The Apollo Murders'' trilogy
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=The Apollo Murders |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-316-26473-0 }}
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=The Apollo Murders |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-316-26473-0 }}
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=The Defector |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-316-56502-8 }}
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=The Defector |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-316-56502-8 }}
* {{cite book |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |title=Final Orbit |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |location=New York |year=2025 |isbn=978-0-316-58170-7 }}


=== Essays and reporting ===
=== Essays and reporting ===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGG8ucQgEJPeUPhJZ4M4jA Chris Hadfield You Tube Channel]
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** [http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space "What I learned from going blind in space" (TED2014)]
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Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS). Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot.

Hadfield has cited part of his career inspiration to have come to him as a child, when he watched the first crewed Moon landing by American spaceflight Apollo 11 on television. He attended high school in Oakville and Milton in southern Ontario, and earned his glider pilot licence as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. After enlisting in the Canadian Armed Forces, he earned an engineering degree at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Hadfield learned to fly various types of aircraft in the military and eventually became a test pilot, flying 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, Hadfield was accepted into the Canadian astronaut program by the Canadian Space Agency. He first flew in space in November 1995 as a mission specialist aboard STS-74, visiting the Russian space station Mir. He flew again in April 2001 on STS-100, when he visited the ISS and walked in space to help install Canadarm2. In December 2012, he flew for a third time aboard Soyuz TMA-07M to join Expedition 34 on the ISS. When Expedition 34 ended in March 2013, Hadfield became the commander of the ISS as part of Expedition 35, responsible for a crew of five astronauts and helping to run dozens of scientific experiments dealing with the impact of low gravity on human biology. During this mission, he chronicled life onboard the space station by taking pictures of Earth and posting them on various social media platforms. He was a guest on television news and talk shows and gained popularity by playing the ISS's guitar in space. Hadfield returned to Earth in May 2013, when the mission ended. He announced his retirement shortly after returning, capping a 35-year-long career as a military pilot and astronaut. He has five published books including his autobiography, the NYT-bestseller An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

Personal life

Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario. His parents are Roger and Eleanor Hadfield, who live in Milton, Ontario. Hadfield was raised on a corn farm in southern Ontario. He was a member of a Wolf Cub Pack that met at the Milton Fairgrounds.[1] He became interested in flying at a young age and in being an astronaut at age nine, when he saw the Apollo 11 Moon landing on television.[2][3] On December 23, 1981, in Waterloo, Ontario, Hadfield married his high-school girlfriend Helene Hadfield (née Walter), with whom he has three children: Kyle, Evan, and Kristin Hadfield.[4][5] Hadfield used to be a ski instructor at Glen Eden Ski Area[6] before becoming a test pilot.[7][8]

Hadfield is of northern English and southern Scottish descent.[9] He is a devoted fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and wore a Leafs jersey under his spacesuit during his Soyuz TMA-07M re-entry in May 2013.[10] After the 2012–13 NHL lockout ended, Hadfield tweeted a photo of himself holding a Maple Leafs logo, and stated he was "ready to cheer [his team] on from orbit".[11] He sang the Canadian National Anthem during the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens game on January 18, 2014, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[12] In November 2022, he was invited by coach John Herdman to speak to the Canada soccer team ahead of their first match in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13]

Education and military career

Hadfield attended White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville, Ontario, until his senior year and then graduated as an Ontario Scholar from Milton District High School in 1977. As a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, he earned a glider pilot scholarship at age 15 and a powered pilot scholarship at age 16. After graduating from high school in 1978, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and spent two years at Royal Roads Military College followed by two years at the Royal Military College of Canada, where he received a B.Eng. degree (with honours) in mechanical engineering in 1982.[2] He also conducted his post-graduate research at the University of Waterloo in 1982.[14] Before graduating, he also underwent basic flight training at CFB Portage la Prairie. In 1983, he took honours as the top graduate from Basic Jet Training at CFB Moose Jaw, and then went on to train as a tactical fighter pilot with 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron at CFB Cold Lake, flying the Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter and the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet. After completing his fighter training, Hadfield flew CF-18 Hornets with 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, flying intercept missions for NORAD. He was the first CF-18 pilot to intercept a Soviet Tupolev Tu 95 long-range bomber in the Canadian Arctic.[7]

In the late 1980s, Hadfield attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base and served as an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy at Strike Test Directorate at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. His accomplishments from 1989 to 1992 included testing the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet and LTV A-7 Corsair II aircraft; performing research work with NASA on pitch control margin simulation and flight; completing the first military flight of F/A-18 enhanced performance engines; piloting the first flight test of the National Aerospace Plane external burning hydrogen propulsion engine; developing a new handling qualities rating scale for high angle-of-attack test; and participating in the F/A-18 out-of-control recovery test program.[7]

In May 1992, Hadfield graduated with an M.Sc. degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute, where his thesis concerned high-angle attack aerodynamics of the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet.[8] In total, Hadfield has flown over 70 different types of aircraft.[7]

Astronaut career

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Chris Hadfield in 2012

Hadfield was selected to become one of four new Canadian astronauts from a field of 5,330 applicants in June 1992. Three of those four (Dafydd Williams, Julie Payette and Hadfield) have flown in space. The fourth candidate, Michael McKay, resigned as an astronaut in 1995.[15] Hadfield was assigned by the CSA to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in August, where he addressed technical and safety issues for Shuttle Operations Development, contributed to the development of the glass shuttle cockpit, and supported shuttle launches at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. In addition, Hadfield was NASA's chief CAPCOM (capsule communicator), the voice of mission control to astronauts in orbit, for 25 Space Shuttle missions. From 1996 to 2000, he represented CSA astronauts and coordinated their activities as the chief astronaut for the CSA.[7]

He was the director of operations for NASA at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia from 2001 until 2003. Some of his duties included co-ordination and direction of all International Space Station crew activities in Russia, oversight of training and crew support staff, as well as policy negotiation with the Russian Space Program and other International Partners. He also trained and became fully qualified to be a flight engineer cosmonaut in the Soyuz TMA spacecraft, and to perform spacewalks in the Russian Orlan spacesuit.[7]

Hadfield is a civilian CSA astronaut, having retired as a colonel from the Canadian Armed Forces in 2003 after 25 years of military service. He was chief of robotics for the NASA Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas from 2003 to 2006 and was chief of International Space Station Operations from 2006 to 2008.[7] In 2008 and 2009, he trained as a back-up to Robert Thirsk on Expedition 21.[16] In May 2010, Hadfield served as the commander of the NEEMO 14 mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory, living and working underwater for fourteen days.[17][18] NASA announced in 2010 that Hadfield would become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, leading Expedition 35 after its launch on December 19, 2012.[19] His craft docked with the station on December 21. He remained on the station for five months, transferring control to Pavel Vinogradov and departing on May 13, 2013.[20]

In June 2013, one month after completing his third trip to space, Hadfield announced his retirement from the Canadian Space Agency, effective July 3, 2013.[21] Hadfield stated that after living primarily in the United States since the 1980s for his career, he would be moving back to Canada, "making good on a promise I made my wife nearly 30 years ago—that yes, eventually, we would be moving back to Canada."[21] He noted that he plans to pursue private interests outside government there.[21]

Hadfield is enthusiastic about the prospects for a crewed mission to Mars, and when asked in 2011 if he would consider being the first to visit even if the journey to Mars were one-way, he said "I would be honoured to be given the opportunity."[22]

STS-74

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STS-100

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Hadfield spacewalking during the STS-100 mission

In April 2001, Hadfield served as mission specialist 1 on STS-100, International Space Station (ISS) assembly Flight 6A. The crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour delivered and installed Canadarm2, the new Canadian-built robotic arm, as well as the Italian-made resupply module Raffaello. During the 11-day flight, Hadfield performed two spacewalks, which made him the first Canadian to ever leave a spacecraft and float freely in space. During his first spacewalk Hadfield experienced severe eye irritation due to the anti-fog solution used to polish his spacesuit visor, temporarily blinding him and forcing him to vent oxygen into space. In total, Hadfield spent 14 hours, 50 minutes outside, travelling 10 times around the world during his spacewalk.[7][23]

International Space Station

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Hadfield answering media questions during unveiling of the Canadian $5 Frontier Series banknote during Expedition 35 on April 30, 2013. He unveiled the $10 banknote on the same day.

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Social media

Hadfield has a social media presence, with over 2,400,000 Twitter followers Template:As of.[27] He created one of the top Reddit ask me anything (AMA) threads of all time on February 17, 2013.[28] He also maintains accounts on Facebook,[29] Tumblr,[30] and YouTube.[31] His exchanges with William Shatner and other Star Trek actors have received media coverage.[32] Hadfield has been described by Forbes as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth".[28]

Hadfield enlisted the help of his son Evan to manage his social media presence. They work in tandem to share information over the internet about aspects of life as an astronaut, both the scientific and the mundane.[33][34]

Music

During his free time on Expedition 35, Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the Larrivée Parlor guitar previously brought to the ISS.[35] The first song recorded in space, "Jewel in the Night", was released via YouTube on Christmas Eve 2012.[36][37]

His collaboration with Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, Is Somebody Singing?—sometimes shortened I.S.S.—was aired on the CBC Radio program Q and released by CBC Music online on February 8, 2013.[38] Hadfield sang Is Somebody Singing along with singers across Canada for the national Music Monday program.[39][40] Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother Dave Hadfield's albums. He also sang the "Canada Song" with his brother, released on YouTube on Canada Day, 2014.[41]

On May 12, 2013, after handing over command of the ISS, but before returning home, Hadfield released a music video recorded on the ISS of a modified rendition of "Space Oddity" by David Bowie.[42][43] Template:As of, the video has over 55 million views on YouTube.[42] The performance was the subject of a piece by Glenn Fleishman in The Economist on May 22, 2013, analysing the legal implications of publicly performing a copyrighted work of music while in Earth orbit.[44]

In October 2015, Hadfield released Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can, an album of songs that he had recorded on the International Space Station.[45]

Post-retirement

In October 2013 Hadfield was interviewed by Maclean's magazine and appeared on its cover wearing face make-up to "replicate Bowie's famed image from the cover of his Aladdin Sane album."[46] Hadfield wrote an article for the December 2013 edition of Wired magazine in which he reflects on his time spent on the International Space Station.[47]

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Hadfield with Rusty Schweickart, Alexei Leonov and Garrett Reisman at the Starmus Festival in 2016

On October 8, 2013, the University of Waterloo announced that Hadfield will join the university as a professor for a three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2014. Hadfield's work was expected to involve instructing and advising roles in aviation programs offered by the Faculty of Environment and Faculty of Science, as well as assisting in ongoing research regarding the health of astronauts with the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.[48]

In 2017, Hadfield hosted the BBC show Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? alongside Kevin Fong and Iya Whiteley, where 12 contestants compete to earn Hadfield's approval and recommendation as a candidate for future applications to become an astronaut.[49] The challenges involved replicated real tests carried out by the different Space Agencies at facilities in Europe and America, including hypoxia and centrifuge training, with contestants eliminated each week.

Hadfield hosted a web series about space exploration on the video platform MasterClass.[50][51]

On February 9, 2021, Virgin Galactic announced that Hadfield would be joining their Space Advisory Board to help "provide advice to senior management as the company moves forward to open space for the benefit of all."[52] Hadfield will be joined by former astronaut Sandra Magnus and Chief Scientist of Cubic Corporation David A. Whelan.

Writing

Hadfield's 2013 autobiography, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything[3] deals with his professional life and work, and with numerous examples from the lead-up to his command of Expedition 35.[53] The book was a New York Times bestseller[54] and was also the bestselling book in Canada on a Canadian subject.[55]

In 2021, Hadfield released his debut novel The Apollo Murders, a thriller set in the Cold War. A sequel entitled The Defector, was released in 2023.[56]

Special honours and affiliations

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Hadfield at Brain Bar Budapest, 2016

Hadfield is the recipient of numerous awards and special honours. These include appointment to the Order of Ontario in 1996,[57] as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2014,[58] receipt of the Vanier Award in 2001, NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 2002, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He is also the only Canadian to have received both a military and civilian Meritorious Service Cross, the military medal in 2001 and the civilian one in 2013.[59]

In 1988, Hadfield was granted the Liethen-Tittle Award (top pilot graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School) and was named US Navy Test Pilot of the Year in 1991. He was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 2005. Eleven years later, he was recognized as a Genius 100 Visionary[60] and contributed his vision of the future in the 3D publishing milestone '"Genius: 100 Visions of the Future."'[61] Further, the Royal Military College granted Hadfield an honorary Doctorate of Engineering in 1996 and he was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Trent University three years later. In 2013, Hadfield was presented with an Honorary Diploma from Nova Scotia Community College.[62]

Hadfield was commemorated on Royal Canadian Mint silver and gold coins for his spacewalk to install Canadarm2 on the International Space Station in 2001.[7] In Sarnia, the city airport was renamed to Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport in 1997[63] and there are two public schools named after him – one in Milton, Ontario, and the other in Bradford, Ontario.[64][65] The asteroid 14143 Hadfield is also named after him. In 2005, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 820 Milton Blue Thunder Squadron was renamed as the 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron in honour of Hadfield, who was a cadet there from 1971 to 1978.[66] The Town of Milton also named a municipal park and street after Hadfield.[67] His name was in 2014 added to the Wall of Honour at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario,[68] and, in 2020, the newly discovered Andrena hadfieldi, a species of bee, was named in his honour.[69]

His affiliations include membership in the Royal Military College Club, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and serving as honorary patron of Lambton College, former trustee of Lakefield College School, board member of the International Space School Foundation, and executive with the Association of Space Explorers.

Upon his taking command of the International Space Station, Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, sent Hadfield a personal message of congratulations, stating "I am pleased to transmit my personal best wishes, and those of all Canadians, to Colonel Christopher Hadfield as he takes command of the International Space Station".[70] Elizabeth's successor, Charles III, held an audience with Hadfield at Buckingham Palace on February 9, 2023, to discuss sustainability in space.[71]

Bibliography

Books

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Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
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Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can 10[73]

Guest appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"So Easy" 2014 Emm Gryner Torrential
"Re-Entry" 2021 TWRP New & Improved

Hadfield also participates as a vocalist and guitarist for the astronaut band Max Q.

See also

References

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Further reading

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