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Default End of interesting space jaunt

On Monday, 13 May 2013 09:58:25 UTC-3, True North wrote:
First Canadian commander of the International Space Station ended his assignment and passed the command to a Russian.

Chris Hadfield was great in trying to foster an interest in space for Canadian school children

His tweeting and live time performing science projects for different schools, including a few local ones, raised awareness in young people.



Here's a video that fans of David Bowie, guitar players in general, and run of the mill 'space cadets' might find amusing.



http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/...th-music-video


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Here's the CBC's take on Hadfield's adventure...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...-hadfield.html