08 : Who was the First Canadian Astronaut to walk in Space? Chris Hadfield Live

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Who was the First Canadian Astronaut to walk in Space?

Chris Hadfield live on EATT Magazine

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Pamela Bain shares a selection of audio highlights from her recent interview with former astronaut Chris Hadfield live.

In this podcast Pam also talks about her life long passion for space travel history – a fascination recharged with each pilgrimage to NASA Houston.

Part 1 of this podcast can be found here

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Hadfield conveys his interesting insights on art and communication pertinent to the ‘space’ experience along with his unique
views of earth from the International Space Station.

We also learn more about his Australian in August with lateralevents.com

Chris’s book, You Are Here, features a range of images from space and Pam comments on her

Berlin at night from space

Chris Hadfield Berlin at night

favourite images from the book including the description of Tokyo harbour, Sahara and the Australian outback. The book also includes highlights of earth at night including magical shots of Berlin.

Australian outback from space

Chris also reveals some of the short term views that can prevail on earth that seem incredulous to those aboard the space station who look down at the beauty of planet Earth.

Huge swirls in the sea off of Mumbai India

Circuiting the world thousands of times and perceiving it from afar Chris takes, from his experience, a keen awareness of changing environments – some natural and some maybe not so natural. Speaking to our shared responsibility to care for our Earth Chris points out that we all have a part to play as we are all stewards of our home.

Pam shares the tour dates below and the dates and links for each of the upcoming shows live on stage

Chris

CHRIS HADFIELD – LIVE ON STAGE

Colonel Chris Hadfield recently served as Commander of the International Space Station where he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photography and his music video, a zero gravity version of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, which has received over 25 million views. Bowie praised the cover, calling it “possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created.”

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Colonel Hadfield spent decades training as an astronaut and logged nearly 4,000 hours in space, orbiting Earth 2,600 times. During his multi-faceted career he has intercepted Soviet bombers in Canadian airspace, lived on the ocean floor, been NASA’s Director of Operations in Russia, broken into a Space Station with a Swiss Army Knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft.