Science

Chris Alexander, Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield will meet with media to discuss Hadfield’s five-month mission.

Clear, dark skies, a simple telescope, and a solid support for your telescope are all you need to discover the universe. The surface of the Moon would be an excellent place to set up camp and stargaze. Too bad the Moon has been so unreachable by private citizens, at least, until now.

During a sit down interview with NASA’s Public Affairs Manager Rob Navias, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on the success and circumstances of his five-month long-duration mission.

Three members of the International Space Station Expedition 35 crew including Chris Hadfield undocked from the orbiting space station and returned safely to Earth Monday evening, wrapping up a mission lasting almost five months.

Aboard the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has recorded a revised version of David Bowie’s famous Space Oddity.

At approximately 10:31 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 13th Chris Hadfield’s long duration stay aboard the International Space Station will have come to an end as he lands near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with his fellow astronauts Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko.

From a vantage point 400 kilometers above the North Atlantic Ocean, Chris Hadfield lead thousands of Canadians in song today. As part of Music Monday, thousands of Canadians joined Commander Hadfield in singing I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing).

A year in the planning and his last public event before returning Earth, astronaut Chris Hadfield today will sing along with students gathered at the Ontario Science Centre for Music Monday. They will perform Is Somebody Singing (I.S.S.), a song Hadfield co-wrote with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, which was commissioned by the Coalition for Music Education and CBC Music.

Commander Chris Hadfield shares an astronaut’s dessert with us. On the menu is floating chocolate pudding cake and coffee–served extra hot! For more about eating in space, see: Eating In Space.