Chris Hadfield is an astronaut who also plays guitar and sings. He is famous for being the first Canadian spacewalker and also for popular science experiments in zero gravity, as well as his guitar playing skills!

During his free time on Expedition 35, Hadfield recorded music for an album, using the Larrivée Parlor guitar previously brought to the ISS (International Space Station).
That’s a really smart way to travel! No problem with airline baggage handlers then!

His collaboration with Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies and the Wexford Gleeks, Is Somebody Singing? (sometimes shortened I.S.S.), was aired on the CBC Radio program Q and released by CBC Music online on 8 February 2013.
Hadfield has been credited musically on his brother Dave Hadfield‘s albums.

On 12 May 2013, after handing over command of the ISS, but before returning home, Hadfield released a music video recorded on the ISS of a modified rendition of “Space Oddity” by David Bowie. The video has had several million views on YouTube. The performance was the subject of a piece by Glenn Fleishman in The Economist on 22 May 2013 analyzing the legal implications of publicly performing a copyrighted work of music while in earth orbit.

This is his take on David Bowie’s Space Oddity recorded on the International Space Station (mixed on earth!).

This is quite beautiful in an unearthly kind of way.

How to play guitar in space!

A bit more in space