Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in space and the first to command the ISS.
Chris Hadfield was the first Canadian to walk in space and the first to command the ISS. He even lived underwater for two weeks, suggesting he might have a personal vendetta against breathable air. But despite his impressive cosmic CV, what really launched him into pop-culture orbit was his MTV Unplugged: ISS Edition.
Floating in his tin can in 2013, Hadfield picked up a guitar and covered David Bowie’s Space Oddity, while actually being in space, making every Earth-bound cover instantly obsolete. There he was, drifting weightless, singing "planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do," while Earth spun below like a fragile little marble. The sheer commitment to the bit is staggering. Bowie himself even called it “possibly the most poignant version ever,” which is basically saint-level approval.
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