Space Oddity - Revised Version

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

With thanks to Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran, Andrew Tidby and Evan Hadfield for all their hard work.

Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) May 14, 2013

Parachutes are open! Descent is being slowed to 7.2metres/second.
— Evan Hadfield (@Evan_Hadfield) May 14, 2013

Under 15 minutes to touchdown. Roman Romanenko, the Soyuz Commander, could not be doing a better job returning our crew home.
— Evan Hadfield (@Evan_Hadfield) May 14, 2013

2 minutes to maximum G-force. 4-5 G's on reentry. 4 minutes to parachutes opening (6.7 miles up).
— Evan Hadfield (@Evan_Hadfield) May 14, 2013

We lose communication with the capsule during re-entry. This is normal. Capsule is about to interface with the atmosphere.Cue the fireworks!
— Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy) May 14, 2013

30 minutes till landing!
— CanadianSpaceAgency (@csa_asc) May 14, 2013

Now Soyuz splits in 3 pieces.Middle part has our precious cargo.Other 2 pieces burn up,trash section& engine/computer/power section.
— Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy) May 14, 2013

Accurate de-orbit burn!Great news!
— Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy) May 14, 2013

Soyuz de-orbit burn is underway. No turning back now, they're coming back to earth now! At least somewhere on the planet.
— Jeremy R. Hansen (@Astro_Jeremy) May 14, 2013

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