WATCH: Journey to Chris Hadfield’s landing site in Kazakhstan
Space exploration is fascinating enough on its own, but it’s never been as engaging for people here on Earth as it has been for the past five months. Canadian astronaut Cmdr. Chris Hadfield’s time on board the International Space Station will be remembered for his snapshots from space, science lessons from the stars and his ongoing interaction with his hundreds of thousands of social media followers. And, of course, the cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” that won’t soon be forgotten. For 144 days on board the ISS, his return to Earth marked the end of a shared adventure in space – a journey people got to take part in, in a way they hadn’t ever before. Global News Asia Correspondent Paul Johnson and cameraman Nicolas Bock were the only North American journalists to have travelled to the remote Kazakhstan landing site, where Hadfield and his space station compatriots (Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and U.S. astronaut Thomas Marshburn) touched down in a Soyuz spacecraft the morning of May 14. WATCH: Cmdr. Hadfield’s son looks back at father’s time in space Johnson has covered a number of space landings and has met many of Canada’s exceptional astronauts. But, even he admits that Hadfield’s story is exceptional. “[Hadfield] seems to be somebody who is really conscious of the appeal of his own story and of using that to reach out to people to make them aware of the incredible things that are going on, on the International Space Station and just in the space program in general,” Johnson said.
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