TORONTO – Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated astronaut Chris Hadfield and thanked him for his efforts in a live video conference chat on Friday.
Harper was joined by his wife Laureen and several students at the afternoon event at Ottawa’s Canadian Aviation Space Museum. Children asked Hadfield questions about living in zero gravity and whether there was turbulence in space, to which Hadfield replied “none at all, it’s smoother than silk.”
On Wednesday, Hadfield took control of the International Space Station-the first Canadian to do so in the space station’s history. A native of Sarnia, Ont., Hadfield is into the third month of his five-month space station visit, which is scheduled to end mid-May.
Hadfield’s colourful and detailed images have received international attention and helped him gain over 500,000 Twitter followers.
– with a file from The Canadian Press
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