Editing Chris Hadfield (section)

== Post-retirement ==
In October 2013 Hadfield was interviewed by ''[[Maclean's]]'' magazine and appeared on its cover wearing face make-up to "replicate [[David Bowie|Bowie]]'s famed image from the cover of his ''[[Aladdin Sane]]'' album."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/behind-the-scenes-on-our-chris-hadfield-cover/ |title=Behind the scenes on our Bowie-inspired Chris Hadfield cover |publisher=Macleans}}</ref> Hadfield wrote an article for the December 2013 edition of [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'' magazine]] in which he reflects on his time spent on the International Space Station.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The View From 250 Miles Up |date=December 2013 |last=Hadfield |first=Chris |magazine=WIRED |department=Alpha |pages=33–38}}</ref>

[[File:Astronaut panel (28012960590).jpg|thumb|Hadfield with [[Rusty Schweickart]], [[Alexei Leonov]] and [[Garrett Reisman]] at the [[Starmus Festival]] in 2016]]
On October 8, 2013, the [[University of Waterloo]] announced that Hadfield will join the university as a professor for a three-year term beginning in the Fall of 2014. Hadfield's work is expected to involve instructing and advising roles in aviation programs offered by the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment|Faculty of Environment]] and [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Science|Faculty of Science]], as well as assisting in ongoing research regarding the health of astronauts with the [[University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences|Faculty of Applied Health Sciences]].<ref name="Joins UW">{{cite news |last=University of Waterloo |title=Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joins University of Waterloo |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-joins-university-waterloo |access-date=October 8, 2013 |newspaper=Waterloo Stories |date=October 8, 2013}}</ref>

In 2017, Hadfield hosted the [[BBC]] show ''Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?'' alongside [[Kevin Fong]] and Iya Whiteley, where 12 contestants compete to earn Hadfield's approval and recommendation as a candidate for future applications to become an astronaut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05bf1jt |title=Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> The challenges involved replicated real tests carried out by the different Space Agencies at facilities in Europe and America, including [[hypoxia (medical)|hypoxia]] and [[high-g training|centrifuge]] training, with contestants eliminated each week.

Hadfield hosted a web series about space exploration on the video platform [[MasterClass]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[MasterClass]] |url=https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |title=Chris Hadfield Teaches Space Exploration |access-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304171854/https://www.masterclass.com/classes/chris-hadfield-teaches-space-exploration |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/astronaut-chris-hadfield-on-mars-mission-safety-2018-6 |quote=Hadfield has since retired as astronaut, but he recently shared some of his spaceflight knowledge as part of a new web course on the online education platform MasterClass. |website=[[Business Insider]] |title=Astronaut Chris Hadfield says we could have gone to Mars decades ago — here's why we haven't |first=Dave |last=Mosher |date=July 8, 2018}}</ref>

On February 9, 2021, [[Virgin Galactic]] announced that Hadfield would be joining their Space Advisory Board to help "provide advice to senior management as the company moves forward to open space for the benefit of all."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactic-launches-space-advisory-board/ |title=Virgin Galactic Launches Space Advisory Board |publisher=Virgin Galactic |access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Hadfield will be joined by former astronaut [[Sandra Magnus]] and Chief Scientist of [[Cubic Corporation]] [[David A. Whelan]].

=== Writing ===
Hadfield's 2013 autobiography, ''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything''<ref name="Hadfield" /> deals with his professional life and work, and with numerous examples from the lead-up to his command of Expedition 35.<ref name="Callahan">{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/06/astronauts-worst-fear-floating-off-into-space/ |last=Callahan |first=Maureen |title=Astronaut's worst fear: 'floating off into space' |journal=[[New York Post]] |pages=18–19 |date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> The book was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-11-17/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html |title=Best Sellers |journal=[[The New York Times Book Review]] |date=November 17, 2013 |access-date=December 31, 2013}}</ref> and was also the bestselling book in Canada on a Canadian subject.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retailcouncil.org/sites/default/files/bestsellers/bestsellers-20131116.pdf |title=MySTORE Coast-to-Coast Bestsellers List |date=November 10–16, 2013 |access-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101142526/http://www.retailcouncil.org/sites/default/files/bestsellers/bestsellers-20131116.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2021, Hadfield released his debut novel ''The Apollo Murders'', a thriller set in the [[Cold War]]. A sequel entitled ''The Defector'', was released in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore the written universe of Chris Hadfield|url=https://chrishadfield.ca/books/ |access-date=March 29, 2024|work=chrishadfield.ca}}</ref>