A Canadian astronaut is leaving the ISS and will touch the ground shortly tonight after 5 months in orbit. Chris Hadfield will land in Kazakhstan around 10:30 pm Canadian Eastern Time.Live broadcast here. Sending hundreds of images from earth made him most famous astronaut in history.He went around earth 15 times a day in a speed of 8 Km per second, He saw sunrises and sunsets 15 times a day from 450 to 500 Km above earth surface. He pictured many active volcanoes, rivers,forests, clouds and sand dunes. He have a picture for each occasion.You may watch some of those fantastic pictures here:
His humble and down to earth attitude made him a cool, lovely astronaut. He shared his experiences with world through Twitter, Facebook,talking to TVs and radios stations and above all school kids.
He called every picture where we live.
He Tweeted 15 hours before returning to earth:
Good morning, Earth! We're supposed to be sleeping late to be rested for tonight's Soyuz flight home, but I'm finding it hard to sleep in.
This is his last picture that he send to his Twitter and Facebook. He comments on the picture:
Spaceflight finale: To some this may look like a sunset. But it's a new dawn.
It is a new start for space Odyssey. To understand and to appreciate mother earth and unlimited space above us we need many people like Chris Hadfield. Even he made the first space video music clip by singing and playing David Bowie Space Oddity,s song which attracts many attention to YouTube. Welcome back to earth Commander.
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