Chris Hadfield

1959– · Canadian (Ontario) · Modern Era

Known for: ISS Commander who became the most famous astronaut of the social media era—his 'Space Oddity' cover from orbit has 50 million YouTube views

Hadfield was a Canadian Air Force fighter pilot who flew two shuttle missions and commanded the ISS. He became a global sensation posting videos and music from space, making exploration accessible to millions.

His zero-gravity cover of Bowie's 'Space Oddity' has 50+ million views. He is warm, articulate, and endlessly enthusiastic. His book An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth was a bestseller. He proved that space could be fun AND scientific.

What Chris Hadfield would be watching

The “if they lived today” Q&A on this page gives Chris Hadfield Apollo 13 (1995) as a favourite film. Their reason: “The best space movie because it's about the problem-solving, not the heroics.” Rankquant scores it above 90% of films, drawn from 382 IMDb reviewers individually re-centred rather than averaged raw. The full film & TV rankings are built the same way.

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