加拿大首位宇航员在沪讲述太空经历  曾在空间站拍上海夜景

Hadfield holds his granddaughter.

He decided to be an astronaut at the age of 9 and realized the first flight after 26 years. He shot the first space MV at the International Space Station (ISS) and took a night view of Shanghai. He is a good friend of Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei and also an expert popularizing space information for millions on social media...Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut and the first Canadian commander of ISS recently came to Shanghai for his family, and told his interesting and unforgettable space story.

9岁立志成为宇航员，26年后实现首次太空之旅；在空间站上录制了第一个太空MV，并拍摄了上海夜景；是中国宇航员杨利伟的好朋友，也是社交媒体上众多粉丝的太空知识科普达人……近日，加拿大首位宇航员、国际空间站首位加拿大籍指挥官Chris Hadfield来到上海，看望他在中国的家人，并讲述有趣而难忘的太空故事。

Flying in space is not as comfortable as you imagine

“飘”在太空 没想象的那么舒服

During Hadfield's 21-year-long astronaut career, he flew into space for three times, respectively in 1995, 2001 and 2012/2013. In the third flight, he served as the commander of ISS and stayed for six months.

在Hadfield 21年的宇航员生涯中，他曾于1995、2001、2012/2013年先后三次进入太空，第三次作为国际空间站站长，在太空待了半年之久。

Did you feel comfortable in the spacecraft? Hadfield drew an interesting analogy that it’s like sitting in a truck. Without gravity, things behave different from that on earth. If you pull knees up to chest, you can fly like jelly water, Hadfield pointed at a photo and said.

在宇宙飞船里舒服吗？Hadfield打了个有趣的比方，就像坐在卡车里。因为没有重力，在太空中很多事情都不像在地球上那样，如果屈膝放胸前把自己团起来，就会向果冻一样飞来飞去。

Hadfield was Canada's first space walker. He said that it felt really uncomfortable when walking in space. He constantly came across shimmering tiny particles in the universe. It was 150 degrees Celsius on his right arm while 150 degrees below zero on the left arm. Moreover, the chairs may encounter crash during the process of landing.

Hadfield也是第一个完成太空漫步的加拿大人，他介绍说，在宇宙中行走其实很不舒服，会碰到各种闪光的小微粒，甚至，两手臂的温度都不尽相同，右手臂150度，左手臂零下150度。此外，在飞船降落时也可能遇到碰撞和冲击。

A night view of Shanghai taken by Hadfield from ISS

Taking a night view of Shanghai

记录上海夜景 还想能不能拍到儿子

"This is Shanghai. I think you can find where the Bund is", Hadfield showed a picture of Shanghai taken in space and recalled the situation at that time. It was February 2013, "I am becoming across Turkey. I think it is a nice spot to be a nice night over China, so I get my camera ready over Turkey". Actually, the spaceship flew fast and it took only five minutes to cross China.

“这是在太空上拍摄的上海夜景，你们应该能找到外滩在哪儿吧”，Hadfield一边展示照片，一边回忆当时的情况，那是2013年2月，“当时宇宙飞船到达土耳其上空了，我就想，要拍一张上海的照片，我就拿着相机做好了准备。”事实上，飞船飞行速度非常快，穿过整个中国，大概只要5分钟。

"I was floating upside-down in the spaceship and looking out of the big window all the cities in the night across China in the 5 minutes", Hadfield said that the camera floated, he worried about the heartbeat. He needed to be careful to pose the camera and not make the heartbeat press the shutter.

“当时是飘在飞船里，头朝下，对着舷窗，我感觉这里差不多是上海了，就啪啪地按下了快门。因为是失重状态，你得很轻柔、很小心地对待相机，适时调整角度并按快门，还得控制好心跳，不然一用力快门就按到了”。

When asked the feeling of taking the photo, Hadfield said that "it felt like seeing a secret thing because it was such a rare way to see the world; it's like a huge privilege to see the world like that way. And also specially and importantly, my son was living there, I thought taking a picture of my son".

对于当时拍照的感受，Hadfield表示非常激动，“就好像你发现了一个秘密，以及，我有这样的特权和能力去拍这样的照片，另一方面，我儿子当时是住在上海的，我就想，能不能拍到他呢？”

Hadfield shares his space experience in Shanghai.

Inspired by his son, popularizing space information on SNS

受家庭聚会启发 在社交媒体上做科普成“网红”

It is worth mentioning that Hadfield’s eldest son has been living in China for 12 years and now is studying in a university in Hangzhou for a master's degree. He got married with a Chinese lady from Henan and their 7-month-old girl baby was born in Guangzhou.

值得一提的是，Hadfield的大儿子已在中国住了12年，目前在杭州的大学念硕士。他与一位中国姑娘在国内结了婚并有了一个可爱的宝宝，这个7个月大的小宝宝出生在中国广州。

During the last 25 years, Hadfield has been trying to share space experience in schools and communities with all technologies he could. Most recently, he puts it on social media. "We have a family meeting 5 years ago; my eldest son said you got to communicate using technology and using social media, where a lot of folks got their day-to-day information all around the world, so it would be very effective to let millions of people see what’s happening in space."

在过去的25年里，Hadfield一直致力于太空知识的普及，他经常去学校、社区进行宣讲。最近几年，他转向了社交媒体，而这正是5年前一次家庭聚会上大儿子向他建议的，“你应该运用社交媒体，让百万人了解太空知识。”

Hadfield had posted many pictures taken from ISS on twitter since he entered space at the end of 2012, e.g. his city Toronto, Manhattan and Venice...drawing 300,000 fans. "What is seen from space is amazing. And it’s interesting to see how harmonious the atmosphere is."

自2012年年底进入国际空间站，Hadfield一直在推特上发布在空间站拍摄到的各地照片，比如，他所在的城市多伦多、曼哈顿、威尼斯……引来近30万粉丝的围观。“从太空看地球着实激动人心，你能感受到大自然和宇宙非常和谐的融合”，Hadfield说。

In addition, Hadfield wrote 3 books, the earliest one is for children. In 2014, he launched 'You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes' featuring 150 photos of the earth he took from ISS in 2013.

除了是太空“网红”外，Hadfield还出过3本书，最早的一本是儿童读本，2014年出版《你在这里: 92分钟环游地球》。书中是他2013年在国际空间站俯拍地球的150张照片。

Be proud to realize dream and to be part of the Earth

用26年实现梦想，自豪宇宙是一家

Hadfield decided to be an astronaut at 9 and realized the first flight after 26 years. And it took 44 years from the decision to become ISS commander. He is very proud to be Canada's first astronaut.

Hadfield说，他9岁就立志当宇航员，26年后首次升空，而从梦想开启到成为国际空间站站长，中间花了44年。作为加拿大首位宇航员，他感到非常自豪。

"Exploring the rest of the universe is very interesting, fascinating and challenging. It teaches us to know the whole world, not just the place you've grown". Hadfield said that on Earth, you can find that any idea rises above short-term politics and territory disputes; however, during exploring the universe, people collaborate and work hard to overcome difficulties.

“探索太空是非常有趣、充满挑战的事”，Hadfield说，它让你认识了这个星球，而不只是你生长生活的地方。在地球上有很多政治方面的挑战，比如争夺疆土。但在探索外太空时，大家要团结合作一起克服困难。

Hadfield said that when he safely returned to the Earth with companions, he felt very proud to see the efforts being rewarded with success. "Everyone is proud where we are from, for the country we represent, and much more proud to be part of the Earth and part of the international team."

Hadfield说，当他和同伴们从太空安全着落时，看到努力获得成功时，感到非常自豪，“不仅因为我们手臂上代表着的这个国家，更因为我们都是地球人，我们为了同样的目标在努力”，Hadfield说。