Chris Hadfield
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Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut, retired Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and test pilot. He flew two Space Shuttle missions, STS-74 in 1995, which docked with the Russian space station Mir, and STS-100 in 2001, when he became the first Canadian to walk in space. In 2012 and 2013 he lived on the International Space Station and took command of the station for Expedition 35, the first Canadian to do so. He retired from the Canadian Space Agency in 2013.
- Born
- 29 August 1959
- Country
- Canada
- Flights
- 3: STS-74 (1995), STS-100 (2001), Soyuz TMA-07M (2012)
- Time in space
- 166 days 0 hours
- Stations visited
- International Space Station, as part of Expedition 34, Expedition 35
Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.
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