His music is conquering the final frontier.
Retired Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield will release an album of songs Friday that he wrote and recorded while manning the International Space Station.
Hadfield’s new musical project “SPACE SESSIONS: Songs from a Tin Can” features 12 songs featuring content originally recorded in space, blended with the music of several unnamed studio musicians.
Hadfield told the Vancouver Sun that singing in space is difficult because the fluid in the body causes sinuses to clog, and tongue and vocal cords to swell.
Hadfield, who retired after a return from space in 2013, became popular after a video featuring his cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” went viral two years ago.
As the first Canadian to walk in space, Hadfield often uploaded videos to social media to show what he was doing at the space station.
He told the Vancouver Sun that he hopes his songs will become some of the first space songs.
“Who knows? The first people headed to the moon permanently of Mars – some of these songs are gonna stick,” he said.
“Some of these songs are the first shanties of space travel. It’s an unusual position to be in.”
All proceeds from the album will be donated to usic education in Canada.
