Author
Chris Hadfield
Birth Date
August 29, 1959
(66 Years)
Associated Country
Canada
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, and author best known for his work with the Canadian Space Agency and for commanding the International Space Station. Born in 1959 in Sarnia, he became the first Canadian to walk in space and later served as commander of Expedition 35 aboard the ISS.
Before his astronaut career, Hadfield was a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and a test pilot. He gained worldwide popularity for sharing life in space through videos and social media, including his famous cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity recorded aboard the ISS.
After retiring from NASA, Hadfield became a public speaker and author, writing books such as An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, where he reflects on discipline, fear, and achieving goals.
Before his astronaut career, Hadfield was a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and a test pilot. He gained worldwide popularity for sharing life in space through videos and social media, including his famous cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity recorded aboard the ISS.
After retiring from NASA, Hadfield became a public speaker and author, writing books such as An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, where he reflects on discipline, fear, and achieving goals.
Books
Final Orbit 2025
The Apollo Murders, Book 3
Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American...
The Defector 2023
The Apollo Murders, Book 2
Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears.
NASA Flight...
The Apollo Murders 2022
The Apollo Murders, Book 1
1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. A quarter million miles from help.
NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. While the...
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a...