![]() Singing, it's weird because your sinuses never drain without gravity. GROSS: So, is it hard to sing and play guitar in space? I just want to start with your "Major Tom" video, since that's gotten over 18 million views. In space, he served as the commander of the International Space Station.Ĭommander Hadfield, welcome to FRESH AIR. Hadfield is the author of the new book "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth." A former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter and test pilot, he's been the director of operations of NASA in Star City, Russia, and the chief of International Space Station operations in Houston. He's witnessed awe-inspiring beauty, faced life-threatening dangers and held onto a spaceship orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles an hour. Hadfield has flown three space missions, conducted two spacewalks and spent a total of six months in space. GROSS: While floating weightless in outer space at the International Space Station last spring, my guest Commander Chris Hadfield recorded his version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." It was turned into a video that has gotten over 18 million hits on YouTube. COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD: (Singing) Ground Control to Major Tom.
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