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Biography of Chris Hadfield

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  • Date of birth:
  • From: Sarnia, Ontario
  • Background: Test pilot, fighter pilot, engineer, Colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Education: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science in Aviation Systems
  • Languages: English, French, Russian
  • Missions: STS-74, STS-100, Expedition 34/35

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  • Chris Hadfield joins the Canadian Armed Forces.

  • He is named top pilot during basic flight training in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

  • Hadfield graduates from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, with an honours bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

  • Hadfield takes honours as the overall top graduate from Basic Jet Training in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

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    He trains as a fighter pilot in Cold Lake, Alberta, on CF-5s and CF-18s.

  • Chris Hadfield flies CF-18s for NORAD with 425 Squadron, conducting the first CF-18 intercept of a Soviet "Bear" bomber.

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    Hadfield attends the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air For

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    Chris Hadfield

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    Who Was Chris Hadfield?

    As a boy, Chris Hadfield dreamed of becoming an astronaut, and since 1992, he has been an integral part of both the Canadian and American space programs. In December 2012, he embarked on a five-month stay in space, where his Twitter posts about life aboard the International Space Station made him a celebrity.

    Early Years

    Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to live aboard the International Space Station, was born on August 29, 1959, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Raised on a farm, Hadfield developed an early taste for adventure, and by his teens, he was already an accomplished skier.

    But flying was Hadfield's true passion. At the age of 15, the young Air Cadet won a glider pilot scholarship. He dreamed even then of becoming an astronaut, but his native Canada offered no astronaut program to pursue.

    Instead, Hadfield joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1978, spending two years at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, British Columbia. He followed that up with two more years at Royal Military College in Kings

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    Chris Hadfield

    Chris Austin Hadfield, OOntCD, (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut. He was the first Canadian to walk in space.[1] He has flown on two space shuttle missions and has also served as commander of the International Space Station which made him the first Canadian to serve as commander of the International Space Station when he lead Expedition 35 after launch on 19 December 2012.[2] He was previously a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot.[3]

    Forbes described Hadfield as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth" with an audience all over the internet including over 2,000,000 Twitter followers,[4] over 600,000 Facebook fans,[5] one of the top Reddit AmA threads of all time[6] and a popular Tumblr blog.[7]

    Hadfield wrote a memoir titled An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth and published it in 2013.[8] The book became a New York Times bestseller[9] and was the bestselling book in Canada on a Canadian subject.[10]

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