Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield to Command Space Station

Chris Hadfield (Source:CSA)

September 2nd 2010 – The Canadian Space Agency announced that 2-time astronaut Chris Hadfield has been assigned to the International Space Station Expedition Crew 34 & 35, and will hold the historic role of Space Station Commander during Expedition 35 – a first for a Canadian. He has already commenced his increment specific training and is slotted to fly to the ISS in a Soyuz in 2012 and stay aboard for 6-months. Hadfield acted as Bob Thirsk’s backup crewmate during Dr. Thirsk’s flight in 2009 (Expedition 20/21) and will proceed with his prime crew training in Houston USA (NASA), Moscow/Star City Russia (Roscosmos), Tsukuba Japan (JAXA), Cologne Germany (ESA) and Montreal Canada (CSA) – the International Partner Countries of the ISS.

Congratulations Chris!

Please see http://asc-csa.gc.ca for more information!

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