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Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield is a retired Canadian astronaut and Air Force colonel known for his space missions and ISS command. Chris Hadfield was born on 29 August 1959.

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Who is Chris Hadfield?

Chris Hadfield is best known for First Canadian to perform a spacewalk and commander of the International Space Station. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian public figure. Chris Hadfield was born on 29 August 1959, which places Chris Hadfield among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1950s. On Dead or Alive, Chris Hadfield is listed in the Space Exploration Pioneers category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Chris Hadfield is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: First Canadian to perform a spacewalk and commander of the International Space Station
Nationality: Canadian
Born: 29 August 1959
Listed under: Space Exploration Pioneers

About Chris Hadfield

Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Chris Hadfield known for?

Chris Hadfield is known for First Canadian to perform a spacewalk and commander of the International Space Station.

When was Chris Hadfield born?

Chris Hadfield was born on 29 August 1959.

What nationality is Chris Hadfield?

Chris Hadfield's nationality is Canadian.

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Chris Hadfield appears in Space Exploration Pioneers.

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