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This image provided by nasa shows astronaut chris hadfield recording the first music video from space sunday, may 12, 20. Books by chris hadfield chris hadfield average rating 4. August 1959 in sarnia, provinz ontario ist ein ehemaliger. Sep 16, 2016 hadfield, who recently turned 57, has unexpectedly become one of the countrys bestselling authors. Chris hadfield has 11 books on goodreads with 1181 ratings. Its a picture book called the darkest dark that explores his life growing up and his path to becoming. Chris hadfield introduction of the martian chronicles.
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