Hey Chasers,
Today marks the day of Chris Hadfield’s return to Earth after service as Commander of the International Space Station since March of 2013. Hadfield departed for the ISS in December 19th of 2012. Live footage, as of the time of this post, is available right now!! The link is below.
Being a station astronaut is remarkable in and of itself. But in addition to living in space for half a year, Hadfield has helped make space cool(er). Hadfield’s outreach to engage the public with all things space has been extraordinary. His updates from space, thoughtful tweets about the borderless world he floats above, and the fragility of the Earth have helped to make Chris Hadfield perhaps as well known as Neil Armstrong. And whether rocking out with the Barenaked Ladies or speaking live with William Shatner, Chris has made space main stream. To top it all off, he left us with his “Space Oddity” Video recorded on the ISS as a final send off. The video even received a retweet from David Bowie himself.
Chris was our first Chasing Atlantis interview. Personally, being able to sit down with him was the initial validation I needed to show that our film was on the right track. We came out of that interview in a daze. “We just interviewed Chris Hadfield…” I recall repeating to Paul “…and he invited us to watch his band.” which we did at a local Space Coast pub shortly thereafter. Chris described his experiences in space and the perspective that the experience creates to put humanity and our planet in context; a fragile blue marble in the heavens. I don’t think we could ask for a better ambassador of humanity in space.
Below is a highlight of several of our interviews with an opening narration by and segments of our interview with Chris Hadfield. Below is a link to the live feed of Chris’ landing which, at the time of this post, has just begun!
LIVE FEED TO HADFIELD LANDING VIA THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION and NASA TV
-Keep Chasing!
-Matthew
Hey Chasers!
Just updated our cast page to reflect some of our more recent interviews. If you haven’t seen the cast page yet or want to check out the updates, just hit the “Cast” tab above or click here.
Hey Chasers!
If you are at FanExpo Vancouver today, be sure to come and find us at table 54 in Artist’s Alley. We are sharing a booth with our friend Peter Chiykowski from the Web comic Rock Paper Cynic. Pete designed out Chasing Atlantis Buttons and you can find his awesome comic on “constructive cynicism” at rockpapercynic.com
Chasing Booth at FanExpo Vancouver
We shot 10 YouTube Challenge videos yesterday right at our booth. If you’re unfamiliar with the challenge, we are getting people on camera sharing their “Atlantis” with us; third dream calling or passion, that we are filming and sharing with others to encourage them to do the same and publicly share something awesome that they are into as well. I’d you’re around the convention, come visit us and not only could you end up in the film, but you could win an awesome Lego space shuttle set! Hope to see you!
Matt
Hey Chasers!
Tomorrow marks the start of Fan Expo Vancouver running both Saturday and Sunday. If you are headed to the convention, be sure to come and find us. You can:
1) geek out about space
2) pick up a sharp looking Chasing Atlantis Tee
3) win a sweet limited edition Lego space shuttle set
4) end up in our film!
So we hope to see you there. Just look out for one of us in a booth wearing a Chasing Atlantis Tee!
This past Friday April 12th marked the 52nd anniversary of human space flight with Yuri Gagarin’s breaching of the Earth’s Atmosphere into the final frontier.
Shuttle Trainer at the Seattle Museum of Flight
In celebration of Yuri’s Night, Chasing Atlantis released a new trailer that yesterday was exclusive to those who participated in one of the over 300 parties around the world to celebrate humanity’s entry into the final frontier.
Today we are releasing the trailer online! Be sure to check it out!
Hey Chasers!
Tomorrow the Chasing Atlantis team is getting their groove on for Yuri’s Night: The World Space Party!!
What’s Yuri’s Night? Yuri’s Night is 3 things all wrapped up into one bundle of space awesomeness
1) Yuri’s Night is a date: The date is April 12th which commemorates the first human in space. Yuri Gagarin completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12th 1961. We have had humans in space since that time sporadically and consistently since the construction of the International Space Station. But Yuri was the first! One brave human being, and certainly the first of many steps that led to the moon, shuttle, the space station, and hopefully the outer planets and deep space (sign me up BTW)
Hey Chasers!
We are proud to follow up on the story of our own Chris Hadfield taking the wheel (so to speak) of the International Space Station. We were fortunate enough to have Chris as our FIRST Chasing Atlantis interview back in July of 2011 when he was on the road to the Soyuz launch this past November and subsequent 6 month tour aboard the station, taking command yesterday. Chris becomes not only the first Canadian Commander of the ISS, but the first Canadian commander of any space vehicle.
Though orbiting hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface, Chris has remained highly connected with our Pale Blue Dot in the Universe through social media becoming somewhat of a Internet phenomenon. Articles have been writing stating that Hadfield’s journey and subsequent efforts at engaging the world’s population looking up at the night sky have made him the most recognizable name in space since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Chris’ words always connected with me, even when I was very young, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to interview him for the film. When interviewed or reflecting on this time in space, Chris spoke mainly of Earth, what it looked like from above, its fragility and its unity without borders or colored maps. This was the perspective I wanted to experience as well as share if I ever had the opportunity to become an astronaut; the Earth as small and fragile and shared by many who MUST co-exist. While I may not be able to do this from space directly, I am excited to find other means of doing the same such as sitting down with Chris directly, as well as the multitude of others we have talked to while shooting Chasing Atlantis who proudly carry a message of peace; that we’re all really made of star dust and share this one tiny speck in the cosmos.
You can check out these articles from space.com and Universe Today about Chris Hadfield’s command transfer below and I’ve also included a snippet of the interview that we did with him prior to his launch to the ISS.
http://www.space.com/20223-canadian-astronaut-space-station-commander.html?cmpid=514648
Keep Chasing!
-Matthew
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