Sometimes I feel like I’m still the scared little girl in the backseat of my parents’ car while they yelled and screamed at each other, helpless and terrified about where the future could take me and completely unable to do anything at all to affect its course.
Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.”
Read about Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield’s return to Earth following historic five-month mission here: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0513.asp
Photo credits: Mikhail Metzel/AFP/Getty Images/Guardian/space-pics/NASA
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In story book fashion, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to Earth after a five-month mission that rekindled for thousands – if not millions - their wonder, curiosity and passion for space exploration. Hadfield did not just come back to Earth – he brought space with him, for everyone.
Accompanied by his crewmates NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko in their Soyuz
But but but then so he’s not gonna be in space anymore no I love him I want to watch him do cute stuff in space more
What I want is a machine that spins sugar into thread, and then use a loom to weave it into clothes. Imagine cotton candy clothes, and parachutes. Cotton candy is the future.
– The dreamiest man I’ve ever metThe difference between cats and dogs is that if you come home smelling like another cat, your cat will fuck you up, but if you come home smelling like another dog, your dog somehow manages to be 500x more excited about your return than usual.
