An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Colonel Hadfield takes the readers for journey through his years of training and space exploration. He recalls an instance when had to break into a space station with a Swiss army knife, dispose a live snake while flying a plane and was temporarily blinded while hanging from the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Hadfield's success and survival is a philosophy he learned at NASA, “prepare for the worst and enjoy every moment of it”. In this book, Colonel Hadfield very beautifully describes his different experiences. The stories are mesmerizing and thoroughly entertaining as Colonel Hadfield goes on about the wonder of space walks and his adventures in space.

Chris Hadfield is one of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. The top graduate of the U.S. Air Force test pilot school in 1988 and U.S. Navy test pilot of the year in 1991, Hadfield was selected to be an astronaut in 1992. He was CAPCOM for 25 shuttle launches and served as Director of NASA Operations in Star City, Russia from 2001-2003, Chief of Robotics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2003-2006, and Chief of International Space Station Operations from 2006-2008. Hadfield most recently served as Commander of the International Space Station where, while conducting a record-setting number of scientific experiments and overseeing an emergency spacewalk, he gained worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking photographs and educational videos about life in space. His music video, a zero gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity," received over 10 million views in its first three days online.