Chris Hadfield comes home

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Waterloo “has such a tremendous reputation both nationally and internationally. It’s such a leading hotbed of research in all different areas,” says Hadfield.

Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield's public lecture at the Univeristy of Waterloo.

Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station, said he’s excited to begin teaching at the University of Waterloo, a “hotbed of research in all different areas.”

During a visit to the University of Waterloo, Hadfield told reporters that Waterloo “has such a tremendous reputation both nationally and internationally.”

Later, at a public lecture, Hadfield called the University of Waterloo “world class” and added he’s happy to come home after circling the Earth 2500 times.

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