From 1996 to 2000, he represented CSA astronauts and coordinated their activities as the chief astronaut for the CSA. I loved everything about this book and although the style of illustrations weren't appealing to everyone, they still had amazing details that left my eyes scanning the pages back and forth way after I finished reading.

Set during the Cold War era, three astronauts must make the journey for the good of country and science. This novel is well written and Chris Hadfield has proven himself to be a very well rounded guy, more creative than I would expect given his military and astronaut background.It had everything going for it, but in the end I think the what had me excited about it (an action book in space written by an ACTUAL astronaut! Yet, the training seems to be about doing the standard moon stuff of grabbing some rocks, making some observations, taking some samples, setting up some experiments, and trying to get back to Earth without dying. Most of them are nighttime double-page spreads, perfect for showing off the lush, dark shading, and moon, lights, and eyes that appear to really glow. He is also the only Canadian to have received both a military and civilian Meritorious Service Cross, the military medal in 2001 and the civilian one in 2013. I just hope he takes mercy on regular folks like me next time and include a little less technical info dump.

Together they zoom off in their make believe spaceships made out of the bathtub or stay up reading everything about space in bed. The Russians have placed a high-resolution spy satellite in orbit and also a moon rover looking for valuable minerals on the surface. Chris Austin Hadfield is a retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut, engineer, science communicator, singer, and former fighter pilot. Being written by an astronaut gives the book a weight that could not otherwise be achieved and creates the sense of being able to reach your dreams whatever the dream is.

I could hear the roaring sounds of the various aircrafts, feel the g force, see the sights the astronauts were seeing and amongst all those sensory feelings, also get a sense of the plot of the story which in itself was tense, intriguing and entertaining. A couple of plot points were also interesting, like what the Russians found on the moon and the constant one-upmanship between the 2 nations. Ultimately, I really loved the idea of this book, and appreciate all of the effort and expertise that went into it.

I really enjoyed the simplicity of the story until the end when Chris kind of dipped deeper into more philosophical and his poetic side. His collaboration with Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, Is Somebody Singing?NASA flight controller Kazimieras "Kaz" Zemeckis knows that all too well, as he helps prepare for the launch of Apollo 18. Upon his taking command of the International Space Station, Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, sent Hadfield a personal message of congratulations, stating "I am pleased to transmit my personal best wishes, and those of all Canadians, to Colonel Christopher Hadfield as he takes command of the International Space Station". Written by a former astronaut, The Apollo Murders has a realistic feel to it whenever technicals details—how mission training works, the feel of being strapped to a rocket blasting into space, moving around a confined ship in zero gravity, reentering Earth’s orbit and splashing down in the ocean—are being described. Cris Hadfield, now a world-famous astronaut, was also afraid of what the dark would bring when the light in his room was flicked off. He also has performed with his brother the "Canada Song", which was released on YouTube on Canada Day, 2014.

I liked the biographical information at the end, but the illustrative tone and wording of the story really let it down. Unfortunately, the murder mystery and characters fell flat so I struggled to keep my immersion in the story. In total, Hadfield spent 14 hours, 50 minutes outside, travelling 10 times around the world during his spacewalk. A uniquely experienced leader, Chris will talk about best practices and tactics on leading teams through complexity and change, while also sharing the marvels and wonders of science and space to everyone he encounters.The designated Apollo 18 astronauts are Tom Hoffman, Luke Hemming, and Michael Esdale, and the benign goal is for Tom and Luke to walk on the Moon and collect samples while Michael pilots the lunar orbiter. The artwork here, done in pencil and colored digitally, was absolutely lovely, capturing both the beauty and the menace of the dark which so frightened the story's hero. Probably 200 pages of absolutely unnecessary detail and side story could (and I'd argue should) have been cut out and the true thriller meat of the story would not have been affected at all. Given the omniscient narration, the reader knows who the murderer is while everyone else in the story is still trying to figure it out, which makes for some good tension, but also some odd pacing and “shocking reveals” which fall flat on their face. Hadfield uses his space experience to good purpose in this thriller, a superb blend of fact and fiction set in the midst of the Cold War.