The difference being you can't set anything on a plate. How Chris Hadfield turned earthlings on to space, Astronaut connects with Canadians from space, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Also pictured: NASA flight engineer Tom Marshburn, and Soyuz commander Roman Romanenko. You will receive a verification email shortly. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. That's a gravity thing. Second, … Chris Hadfield is a Canadian icon. Noelle Carter: Along with everything else you've done -- you've gained worldwide acclaim for your photography, educational videos and amazing social media posts from the space station -- you've really shown the awesomeness of the everyday in space. Space is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Canadian Astronaut: Biography of Chris Hadfield. NC: It sounds like you guys really have a lot of variety that's not just about food for fuel, but food for pleasure. Eating time, just like it is around a family table or for a group of friends at a restaurant, is really important on the space station also. First row, left to right: Mike McKay, Dave Williams, Julie Payette, Robert Thirsk. Hadfield's son Evan, 27, who is currently serving as his father's unpaid social media manager, says several factors went into wanting to find a way to make a connection with Canadians during the ISS mission. So your sinuses just sort of clog up. You may know Col. Chris Hadfield best for his zero-gravity rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" that went viral last year, but he has a few other accomplishments. Chris Hadfield is an astronaut who took the power of Twitter to the outer space and built a worldwide fan following through his feeds while at the International Space Station.His stay at the space station began in December 2012 and … You'd try it and you'd rate it one to 10. Typically whoever has done their work for the day a little bit early will sing out about an hour before, "Hey, is this okay for dinner? For example, if we chose to have some nice French food, it has to meet really stringent controls because we don't want to get food poisoning. Here he is pictured in 1996 supporting STS-77, a mission that included Canadian Marc Garneau.

"He has been a phenomenon, and I mean that in the most positive sense," says Marc Garneau, Canada's first astronaut who later led the CSA and is now a Liberal MP. Julie Simard, the CSA's senior communication adviser, says the agency always knew Hadfield would attract a lot of attention.

Then we get to do what are called bonus packs. The goal, Evan says, has been to open eyes, not to give people answers, but to give them a chance to see and think for themselves with the information his father has been providing. The main goal of Hadfield's two spacewalks in April 2001 was to install Canadarm2, a more advanced robotic arm to build on the famed original Canadarm. Hadfield began Russian language training early in his astronaut career and made his first spaceflight (STS-74) in November 1995, just three years after joining the astronaut corps. We compromise in between mission control in Houston and mission control in Moscow. Then the same thing with the NASA-provided food. "Our biggest surprise was the international response that we got with everything we did," says Simard, noting calls places such as New Zealand, Australia and Brazil. Proving to be as much a talented musician as he is a brilliant aviator and engineer, he charmed his fans with a number of memorable musical performances. We all want to share the experiences of the day, laugh and talk about what went on. But of course it's got horseradish sauce, the red sauce. "It's many things, but it all boils down to generating interest," Evan Hadfield said in an interview from his current home in Germany. As he worked, Astronaut Hadfield documented his journey and daily life as an astronaut on the space station with social media. We didn't get to the position by having let our bodies run rampant, so people are pretty good about self-policing. We weigh ourselves on this spring device on a regular basis so that they can have a look at us. He's proud of where he comes from and he's passionate about his work.

"We just didn’t know that it would be that much and that it would be international, because ususally it's mostly Canadians that follow us and that are interested in what the CSA is doing.". 22 million people have watched his famous cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity", which he filmed to mark his departure from his final mission. You can't have a bag of chips because the crumbs would go everywhere and you'd breathe them. He's proud of where he comes from and he's passionate about his work. He graduated in 1980 and then went to the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. Hadfield was an accomplished pilot long before becoming an astronaut. Then you get it on board, and we have to store it for who knows how long. He shared breathtaking photos on Twitter and Tumblr. © Is everyone on the same daily schedule?

Three years ago, and long before Hadfield's ISS mission was on the radar for most Canadians, his family was chatting over dinner about the best way he could interact directly with people during his next spaceflight. With his feet firmly planted on Earth now, he works tirelessly to inspire young people to do what they love (especially, if it's space-related) and to be fascinated by the world around them. You have to make different food choices. He's humble and charming because that's how Canadians are raised. Then one by one you grab the shrimp and eat them. Our dietitians work really hard. NC: It sounds like eating in space is a little like camping. In 1978, Chris Hadfield joined the Canadian Armed Forces and was trained at the Royal Roads Military College, British Columbia. There's nothing else out there.". Then the other partners, the Japanese, the Europeans and the Canadians, maybe get a few of the top items from Japan, Canada or from Europe. Hadfield (top) prepares to head to a Soyuz spacecraft Dec. 19, 2012 to visit the International Space Station.
"I'm sorry, I have to take this," he told me, putting the interview on hold before answering.

He became the only Canadian to visit the Russian space station Mir. "That's the unfortunate thing," says Marc Fricker, vice-president of the Canadian Space Society. The unexpected surge in interest prompted changes at the CSA, including adding more people to the team to handle media requests, which were flooding in from around the world. We squirt salt water and pepper oil. Chris Hadfield isn't the first or only tweeting astronaut, but he has, in layman's terms, tweeted up a storm. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. You miss the smell of food because nothing smells while it's cooking.