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Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Chris Hadfield and his colleagues Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn take part in simulated emergencies conducted in an International Space Station (ISS) mock-up at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. They will be a part of Expedition 34/35, a long-duration mission on board the ISS that launches in December 2012.

Astronaut Chris Hadfiled virtually visited 10 museum and science centre’s across Canada yesterday to announce a first of its kind contest in Canada by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The contest called the ‘Chris Hadfield World Tour Photo Challenge‘ is a photo contest for the general public.

Expedition 35 Commander Canadian astronaut Hadfield will take time from his training schedule in Russia this Wednesday to participate in the announcement of a new contest. In an internet link up from Star City in Russia with ten locations across Canada, Hadfield will announce a new Photo Contest and take questions from participants.

Sharing the adventure of being an astronaut, exploring space and conveying the work he does in space is nothing new to Chris Hadfield. But with the opportunity to spend six months on the International Space Station allows him to expand what he’ll do with his time to include some recreational activities. And if that includes doing something no one has dome before on his spare …

Today we are launching a special feature on Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s six month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled to launch on December 5th. As a member of Expedition 34 he will be Flight Engineer 1 and for Expedition 35 he will become the first Canadian to command the ISS.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and NASA colleague Tom Marshburn train for medical emergencies in an International Space Station (ISS) simulator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

He’s piloted the fastest planes, flown on two space shuttle missions and been the first Canadian to walk in space. Now Chris Hadfield is preparing for the mission of a lifetime. Source: Global’s 16×9

ESA’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amald, has been launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, with a night-time liftoff at 05:34 CET (04:34 GMT). Edoardo Amaldi is the heaviest payload ever launched by an Ariane rocket. (Video:ESA)

On the third day of RRM operations, Dextre stowed the Multifunction tool and Wire-Cutting tool inside the RRM module for future operations. (Video: NASA/CSA).

Day 2 of the initial phase of the joint NASA-CSA Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) ended with a historic moment for Dextre, the Canadian-built robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS). Dextre spent the better part of the day successfully releasing 7 launch locks that fastened 4 tool adapters (built by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) inside the RRM module during their flight to …