Former NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield, who in 2013 recorded a viral cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity aboard the International Space Station [ISS], announced the release of a full album, based on material recorded in space.
A new album! Happy to announce that we will release a CD of music written/recorded in space, Fall 2015. @WarnerCanada pic.twitter.com/JwBr1ynex9
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) April 14, 2015
Hadfield, 55, commanded the ISS from December 2012 to May 2013, during which he recorded the first music video shot from space, which gained more than 25 million Youtube hits.
According to a statement from Warner Music for the making of the upcoming album, "the guitar and vocal tracks were recorded in space – a human first," before making their way back to a producers' studio.
13 April 2015, 14:11 GMT
"The serenity and grace I felt while orbiting our Earth, weightless by the window, gave a whole new place to write and perform music," said Hadfield, who retired as an astronaut in July 2013. "I'm delighted to be able to share these completed works as a new way to help tell the stories of early space exploration."
