Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will soon make his third trek beyond Earth’s atmosphere. At 7:12 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Dec. 19, a three-person crew including retired Colonel Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will board a Soyuz rocket, and arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) two days later for a five-month stay. And then, in March, the 53-year-old married father of three will step into the ISS commander’s chair.
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