克里斯·哈德菲尔德

生平

克里斯·奥斯汀·哈德菲尔德在安大略省南部的一个农场成长，受到阿波罗11号登陆月球的影响。他在奥克维尔和米尔顿就读高中，并获得滑翔机飞行员执照，成为加拿大皇家空军军校学生。之后他加入了加拿大武装部队，并获得皇家军事学院工程学位。克里斯·奥斯汀·哈德菲尔德因参加美国海军和美国空军的交流计划，获得田纳西州太空研究院航空系统硕士学位。

1992年，他进入加拿大太空局。他在1995年11月第一次搭乘太空船。他曾造访俄罗斯和平号太空站。2001年4月，他再次升空，并造访国际太空站（ISS）。2012年12月，他第三次升空，搭乘联盟号太空船TMA-07M。

其他

本人曾亲自在国际太空站中自弹自唱大卫·鲍伊的名曲《太空怪谈》并且将影片放上YouTube而引起轰动，并成为首支在外太空中拍摄的音乐MV。

Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a retired Royal Canadian Air Force colonel, test pilot, and CSA astronaut. 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.……

Early life and education

Chris Austin Hadfield was born on August 29, 1959, in Sarnia, Ontario, to Eleanor and Roger Hadfield, who lived in Milton, Ontario. He was raised on a corn farm in Southern Ontario. He was a member of a Wolf Cub Pack that met at the Milton Fairgrounds.……

Military service

Before graduating from college, he underwent basic flight training at CFB Portage la Prairie.……

Astronaut career

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.……

Social media

Hadfield has a social media presence, with over 2,400,000 Twitter followers as of August 2019. He created one of the top Reddit ask me anything (AMA) threads of all time on February 17, 2013. He also maintains accounts on Facebook, Tumblr, and YouTube.……

Music

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

Post-retirement

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 deals with his professional life and work, and with numerous examples from the lead-up to his command of Expedition 35.……

Special honours and affiliations

Hadfield is the recipient of numerous awards and special honours.……

Discography

Guest appearances

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

Personal life

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. Hadfield used to be a ski instructor at Glen Eden Ski Area before becoming a test pilot.