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Life in zero gravity: Chris Hadfield’s time in space
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Many space fans already know about Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut who just spent five months aboard the International Space Station. He's a bit of a social media star, with hundreds of thousands of fans on Facebook and Twitter. But his rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" is propelling him to further heights. The viral video is the latest of his many popular posts. Click through the gallery to see some other things Hadfield has shared via Twitter with the people of Earth, where he was scheduled to return the night of Monday, May 13.
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"Here's looking at you," tweeted Hadfield about this spacewalk photo opportunity with Tom Marshburn, a flight engineer. "Chris and Tom take a minute with visors to look up-sun at my camera in the window," reads the May 11 post.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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"Good to know that after 5 months, my Sokhol pressure suit still fits," Hadfield wrote on May 7. This "high fashion" photo posted on Twitter shows him modeling his outfit for the trip home in the Russian Soyuz space capsule.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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For many fans of the "Star Wars" franchise, May 4 has a special meaning. "There is no try -- only do," Hadfield wrote in a tweet. "May the 4th be with you." He was of course referring to the famous line, "May the force be with you" and is shown here playing with a miniature version of Earth.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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This floating space onion was photographed on May 2. Hadley wrote that it "came up on the Progress resupply spaceship. We sliced it up and had it with everything -- nice flavor!"
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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Hadley got a space haircut as depicted in this April 7 photo. "Dr. Tom doing a nice, surgical job of trimming, working around the science experiment (temperature) sensor," Hadfield tweeted.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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One can also get some stunning views of space from the space station, as seen in many of Hadfield's photos. He tweeted a stunning image of Boston on May 12. "Hope your Bruins play a memorable game tonight vs. the Leafs," Hadfield said to Boston's hockey fans.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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Hadfield described this formation, shown in a photo posted May 13, as "a heraldic Spring dragon of ice" off the coast of Newfoundland.
A view of the Florida Peninsula at night. "Spaceship's glowing blue in the dawn," wrote Hadfield on May 12, "as we leave Florida headed across the Atlantic."
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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Even the sky seems a bit more proper in England, Hadfield noted: "English clouds showing how to properly queue over Hull and the Humber Estuary."
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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This photo was taken over a snowy Utah. "Next year, I'll get some skiing in," Hadfield quipped.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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A checkerboard scene below. "Little farmers, big farmers and nature, in Turkey," Hadfield wrote on May 8.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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This April 7 photo shows a river that "hiccups like a zipper on an old coat." Many Twitter users who saw the post began to speculate about which river it might be.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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"Some of the things we build for ourselves are puzzlingly visible from space," wrote Hadfield, referring to manmade islands in Dubai as seen on March 20.
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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Hadfield often posted a concluding image at the end of a night, and this is how he finished his posts for April 18: "Tonight's Finale: Catching the moon rising takes patience, but is worth it."
Chris Hadfield/NASA
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At the very end of the trip, on May 13, Chris Hadfield tweeted this image: "Spaceflight finale: To some this may look like a sunset. But it's a new dawn."
