2025-10-08
10 分钟For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.
You might know Chris Hadfield as the International Space Station Commander who famously sang David Bowie's Space Oddity
while orbiting Earth.
But in recent years, he's added fiction writer to his list of jobs,
publishing thrillers based on the real history of the space race.
His latest book, Final Orbit,
is set in 1975 and features historical figures navigating geopolitical tensions that may sound surprisingly familiar to anyone following current events.
Here to talk about how his experience as an astronaut informs his fiction writing is Colonel Chris Hadfield,
former commander of the International Space Station.
Thanks so much for coming on to chat with us today.
My pleasure.
Most folks know you from your time.
in the ISS.
Could you catch people up on what you've been doing since then?
Yeah, I served as an astronaut for 21 years and flew in space three times,
commanded a spaceship, did some spacewalks.
But all good things must come to an end.
And I retired from 35 years of government service.
Since then, I've written six books.
I helped lead several space companies and other tech companies.