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Chris Austin Hadfield (born 29 August 1959) is a retired Canadian astronaut who was the first Canadian to walk in space. An engineer and former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, Hadfield has flown two space shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station. Hadfield, who was raised on a farm in southern Ontario, was inspired as a child when he watched the Apollo 11 Moon landing on TV. He attended high school in Oakville and Milton and earned his glider pilot licence as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces and earned an engineering degree at Royal Military College. While in the military he learned to fly various types of aircraft and eventually became a test pilot and flew several experimental planes. As part of an exchange program with the United States Navy and United States Air Force, he obtained a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. In 1992, he was accepted into the Canadian astronaut program by the Canadian Space Agency. He first flew in space aboard STS-74 in November 1995 as a mission specialist. During the mission he visited the Russian space station Mir. In April 2001 he flew again on STS-100 and visited the International Space Station (ISS), where he walked in space and helped to install the Canadarm2. In December 2012 he flew for a third time aboard Soyuz TMA-07M and joined Expedition 34 on the ISS. He was a member of this expedition until March 2013 when he became the commander of the ISS as part of Expedition 35. He was responsible for a crew of five astronauts and helped to run dozens of scientific experiments dealing with the impact of low gravity on human biology. During the mission he also gained popularity by chronicling life aboard the space station and taking pictures of the earth and posting them through Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Tumblr to a large following of people around the world. He was a guest on television news and talk shows and gained popularity by playing the International Space Station's guitar in space. His mission ended in May 2013 when he returned to earth. Shortly after returning, he announced his retirement, capping a 35-year career as a military pilot and an astronaut. ==Personal life== Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario. His parents are Roger and Eleanor Hadfield, who live in Milton, Ontario. Hadfield was raised on a corn farm in southern Ontario and became interested in flying at a young age and in being an astronaut at age nine when he saw the Apollo 11 Moon landing on television.〔Davidson, Janet. (Chris Hadfield ready for 'surreal' space station odyssey: Astronaut in quarantine before blasting off in Russian capsule ), CBC News, 7 December 2012. Retrieved from the CBC.ca news website 7 December 2012.〕 He is married to his high-school girlfriend Helene, and they have three adult children: Kyle, Evan and Kristin Hadfield.〔''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'' (Hadfield), pp. 7-10, 289.〕 Hadfield used to be a ski instructor at Glen Eden Ski Area,〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=31 January 2013 )〕 before becoming a test pilot.〔〔 Hadfield is of northern English and southern Scottish descent.〔''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'' (Hadfield), p. 91.〕 He is a devoted fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and wore a Leafs jersey under his spacesuit during his Soyuz TMA-07M reentry in May 2013.〔''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'' (Hadfield), p. 254.〕 After the 2012 NHL Lockout ended, Hadfield tweeted a photo of himself holding a Maple Leafs logo, and stated he was "ready to cheer (team ) on from orbit".〔http://metronews.ca/features/toronto-maple-leafs-the-playoffs/644148/famous-fans-of-the-toronto-maple-leafs/〕 He sang the Canadian National Anthem during the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens game on 18 January 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Hadfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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