Canada’s rockstar astronaut speaks today at U-W

By News Staff

Posted Dec 3, 2013 06:00:22 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Canada’s most famous astronaut is in town today.

Chris Hadfield will deliver a lecture at the University of Waterloo over the noon hour.

CLICK HERE for the live video web stream.

Free tickets for the event were scooped up not long after they became available online.

Hadfield’s speech comes in advance of him joining the U-W faculty later next year.

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