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=== International Space Station === [[File:Chris Hadfield unveiling $5 banknote of the Frontier Series from ISS during Expedition 35, 30 April 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Hadfield answering media questions during unveiling of the Canadian $5 [[Frontier Series]] banknote during [[Expedition 35]] on April 30, 2013. He unveiled the $10 banknote on the same day.]] {{Main|Soyuz TMA-07M |Expedition 34 |Expedition 35}} On December 19, 2012, Hadfield launched in the Soyuz TMA-07M flight for a long duration stay on board the ISS as part of Expedition 35. He arrived at the station two days later, as scheduled,<ref>{{cite web |title=New Expedition 34 Crew Members Welcomed Aboard Station |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition34/e34_launch.html |publisher=NASA |access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> and became the first Canadian to command the ISS when the crew of Expedition 34 departed in March 2013.<ref name=csabio /> On May 12, 2013, he turned over command of the ISS, and returned home aboard the [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz spacecraft]] on May 13.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield returns to Earth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10054981/Astronaut-Chris-Hadfield-returns-to-Earth.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514042754/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10054981/Astronaut-Chris-Hadfield-returns-to-Earth.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |newspaper=Telegraph |date=May 13, 2013 |location=London}}</ref> He received significant media exposure during his time on the ISS, and ended his time on the station by paying tribute to [[David Bowie]] with a rendition of "[[Space Oddity]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knapp |first=Alex |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield Sings David Bowie As He Departs The International Space Station |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/05/13/astronaut-chris-hadfield-sings-david-bowie-as-he-departs-the-international-space-station/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=May 13, 2013 |access-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref>
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