Chris Hadfield: Final Orbit

Tickets for this event include a copy of Final Orbit (a value of $39).

A veteran of three space flights, capsule communicator for 25 shuttle missions, and former commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield is one of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. He’s since turned his talents and experience to writing works of both fiction and nonfiction that bookstores can hardly keep on the shelves. His internationally bestselling books have topped the charts for months in Canada. Hadfield joins us in Vancouver with his new interstellar thriller, Final Orbit, probing China’s secret role in the 1970s Space Race between the US and the USSR.

Full of intrigue and real history, Final Orbit captures with heart-palpitating clarity the beauty and terror of survival 270 miles above Earth. This novel could only be written by one of the most experienced astronauts alive. Don’t miss this chance to hear Hadfield in conversation with moderator André Picard about his journeys to the stars, both on and off the page.

Presented in partnership with Book Warehouse, and with the support of Penguin Random House Canada and SFU.

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Chris Hadfield

CHRIS HADFIELD is one of the most seasoned and accomplished astronauts in the world. He was the top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and a Cold War fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in Canadian air space. A veteran of three space flights, he served as capsule communicator—CAPCOM—for 25 Shuttle missions, as NASA's director of operations in Russia, and as commander of the International Space Station. Hadfield's books, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, You Are Here and The Darkest Dark, have all been international bestsellers, and topped the charts for months in Canada. His debut novel, The Apollo Murders, became an instant #1 bestseller in his homeland.

André Picard

ANDRÉ PICARD is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail, and the author of six bestselling non-fiction books, including Matters of Life and Death and Neglected No More. He lives in Vancouver.