Chris Hadfield and the International Space Station
Chris Hadfield and his crew made regular checks of the complex equipment aboard the ISS A member of Hadfield’s team alerted the Russian crew who slept in a different part of the ISS Together they checked the computer systems and smoke detectors There was no sign of fire They decided the alarm was triggered by an electrical fault and went back to bed
What is the International Space Station The International Space Station ISS is a flying research laboratory that orbits Earth Developed by the United States Russia Japan Europe and Canada it is home to a crew of up to six astronauts who conduct scientific experiments while on board The ISS is constructed of several pieces that were launched separately starting in 1998 and assembled in space LIVING IN SPACE Chris Hadfield had faced many potentially dangerous moments like this one He had already flown on two missions into space Now in 2013 and on his third space trip he was commander of the ISS Altogether he would spend 165 days more than five months in space during his career and he would travel 70
million miles 113 2 million kilometers This made him one of the most experienced space travelers of all time
BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT Chris Hadfield’s life changed forever on July 20 1969 That evening he watched live TV footage as Neil Armstrong climbed out of his spacecraft and became the first person to step onto the Moon Chris was just nine years old but he was already certain of one thing he wanted to be an astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin was the second human to step onto the Moon from Apollo 11 in 1969 The first to land was Neil Armstrong who took this picture INTO THE AIR There was one big problem The U S space program was run by the National
