Chris Hadfield Returns to Earth

2013-05-14 - After five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield and his Expedition 34/35 crewmates Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko made a successful undocking from the ISS and a triumphant return to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft.

Landing in Kazakhstan at 10:31 pm EDT, Hadfield would emerge from the Soyuz in good health, helped by the local ground crew. Hadfield became the first Canadian Commander of the ISS during Expedition 35, performed over 130 science experiments, and was at the center of an impressive social media campaign that captured the attention and support of people from around the world.

Credits: Canadian Space Agency and NASA

[pantapidis]

I like how Chris Hadfield's first words to his family were: "That was quite a ride home". This man is the best

[eebeeby]

That must be the weirdest feeling returning to earth's gravity after 144 days in zero gravity.

[birbnutt]

A Canadian, an American, and a Russian aboard one space station, AWESOME!

[zone]

" you know chris hadfield"? "Yeah, he's such a down to earth guy"

[newarmysoldier]

Good to know i'm not the only person watching this 7 years later l0l.

[Crisperdad]

Very glad he is back safe and sound! What a great Canadian icon!

[eternaldragongirl]

Chris Hadfield returns to Earth in 2020: Throw me back to space.

[NorthernLaw_]

Chris is definitely the type of guy to come back from space and say “traffic wasn’t too bad coming down”

[xylenbp]

I'm impressed that most of all the comments here are from 6 years ago lol

[AntimonyInSushi]

They looked so bad because they were nauseated and trying desperately not to throw up.

[Mrvwfnzi]

This is how our countries should act, working together for a better future.

[Amboybricks]

Chris Hadfield in 6:03 while thinking: "fck, back to reality again...."

[kyqkkvz]

who else just binged all of chris hadfield's astronaut videos?

[stdznegro]

Comments were so much smarter back then compared to now

[TheScorpioTechno]

ohhhh dammm! i left my phone on the international space station! fak

[mrbean]

My grandparents explaining how they got to school

[cocomatt]

When I was about 4 years old, Chris Hadfield held me in his arms for a picture :P

[Tchousssman]

Such wonderful feelings just by watching this video ! Look at what mankind can do when we are all together ! Sending man in space, and bring them back to Earth !

[Vire]

They probably feel quite sick. Suddenly there's gravity acting on their bodies, meaning the flow of blood in the body is quite different. Their stomachs would probably be a bit upset in the first few days as in space everything kind of sloshes around... I imagine the transition either to space or to earth is both kind of disorienting. You also probably pull quite a few G's re-entering the atmosphere.

[sasolo]

I love how chris is happy in space and on earth, like he was up there so long he forgot the small beauty of this planet and is seeing it all for the first time again