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Chris Austin Hadfield
Hadfield is a member of the Royal Military College Club, the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. He has received many honours in recognition of his accomplishments. In addition to twice being named Top Test Pilot of the Year, he has received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the Royal Military College in 1996, Honorary Doctor of Laws from Trent University in 1999. He was made a Member of the Order of Ontario in 1996 and received the Vanier Award in 2001, the Meritorious Service Cross in 2001, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 2002, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003.
Hadfield retired in 2013 as a civilian astronaut, having retired as a Colonel from the Canadian Air Force in 2003 after 25 years of military service. He was Chief of Robotics for NASA at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. He and his family returned to Canada in 2013, and he maintains his interests in music and sport
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Chris Hadfield facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chris Hadfield OC OOnt MSC CD | |
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| Born | Chris Austin Hadfield (1959-08-29) August 29, 1959 (age 65) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
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Time in space | 165 days, 16 hours, 18 minutes |
| Selection | 1992 CSA Group NASA Group 14 (1992) |
Total EVAs | 2 |
Total EVA time | 14 hours, 50 minutes |
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| Retirement | July 3, 2013 |
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| Allegiance | Canada |
| Service/branch | Air Command |
| Years of service | 1978–2003 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Chris Austin HadfieldOC OOnt MSC CD (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. The first Canadian to perform ex
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Chris Hadfield
Canadian astronaut (born 1959)
Chris Austin HadfieldOC OOnt MSC CD (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. 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 komma to him as a child, when he watched the first crewed måne landing bygd 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 grad at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Hadfield learned to flyga eller fly undan vario